Harm relaxed his shoulders and giggled through a playful wince as Trick’s volume increased, releasing his hand when he pulled it away to use it on the steering wheel. When Trick stuck his head out the window to yell at the street, Harm lost it, throwing his head back and laughing loudly as Trick’s joy suffused the cabin of the car.
When Trick turned to grin at him, his eyes wild and his hair whipping about his lit up face, Harm’s heart squeezed and all his doubts melted away. He wanted to give Trick the entire world in that moment, just to make him keep smiling like that. He stole Harm’s breath with his raw beauty and he had to blink himself out of his stupor in order to respond, hoping the delay hadn’t been too awkward and noticeable.
“Heh. Well, it makes a delightful change from me eating your face, I guess,” he joked, turning to his bag somewhat dopily. He opened it still not quite remembering why he’d kept it on his lap but his Trick joy-daze disappeared when he saw the piece of paper sitting inside. “Oh! And there’s more!” he exclaimed, pulling it out and looking back at Trick.
“I got a lead on a place we can stay. Two, technically but I don’t know about the first. See, there’s an exchange program type thing where nurses can basically swap lives but it’s a six month commitment and I know you don’t want to be somewhere that long but it is an option. I could sign up and do it. It starts in two months’ time and basically the English person would come live in my place and work at my hospital while I go to theirs. There’s even a compatible swap available but, as I said, six months,” he shrugged, his voice hinting that although he recognised it as a secure option, it wasn’t what Trick wanted to do so he was happy to dismiss it.
“The more interesting one was a share house with three nurses just outside of London. I know one of them, too, she’s from my hospital. She’s the one advertising for a fourth. I emailed her this morning and she said it would be no problem if there were two of us in the one room, it has a queen sized bed and one of the other girls has a Greek boyfriend living there, too. Not a nurse, from what I gathered. But, yeah, I wasn’t sure if that appealed to you or not? It’s okay if it doesn’t! It’d be crowded - apparently the place has three floors, though - but cheap and we would be able to stay as long as we needed, to save money. She said the hospital they all work at is really close and I’d get as many shifts as I wanted. They all work a bit and travel in between, like we’re planning to do.”
Harm pressed his lips together, feeling like he was talking way too much, way too fast in his eagerness to please Trick. He needed to let him offer an opinion. He watched his boyfriend with wide eyes, forcing himself to shut up at last.
