[Quick thanks to a Very Obsessed Fangirl for the Inspiration on this chapter.]
Dex's POV
(Dex's Journal)
The things I've learned in the last thirty minutes
1. Fitz's father is a homophobe
2. Fitz likes to throw things when he's sad or upset, especially my fluffy stuffed stegosaurus, Dexorina.
3. I would really like to keep making this list for you but my boyfriend has begun crying so I have to go comfort him now
Fitz is sitting on the ground against a wall, his arms wrapped around his knees. He looks... I don't know... A little, broken? Hopeless? My heart hurts for him. I sit next to him and wrap my arm around him. He leans my head onto my shoulder. We sit there for a while as he cries a little more.
"Sorry, I'm thrusting this on you." He apologizes.
"I'm your boyfriend," I start, "It comes with the job." He laughs, sits up, and reaches for my hand. I take it. We sit there in silence for another minute. He casts a glance to Dexorina, who's laying lopsided on the floor.
"Sorry about your dinosaur."
"It's okay. She'll live. She's survived the triplets long enough." He snorted.
"I'll get you another one you can keep here for whenever I get sad."
"I'm sure Dexorina doesn't mind it when you throw her around." He snorts again.
"Dexorina?"
"Keefe gave her to me. She came with another, Dexon, but unlike Dexorina, he did not survive the triplets." He laughs.
"And for once I thought you had actually conjured enough self-love to name your stuffed dinosaurs after yourself."
... Silence ...
"Oops. Sorry. Too far?" He asks, blushing.
"No, No, it's okay. You've helped, anyway."
"I have?"
"Yeah." he smiles at me, "I eat now, like actual food, and I don't spend as much time looking in the mirror hating myself, and I actually kinda like myself, because if almighty Fitzroy Vacker likes me, then there must be something worth liking right?" He looks me dead in the eyes.
"Dex I don't just like you. I love you. And all of you is worth loving."
I kiss him.
[Eyrornoyiguno. I kinda actually like that. Also, side note, just for me. To that boy who called me a nerd today for re-reading legacy again: Don't think I didn't catch you reading Lodestar last week. Anyway, I hope you liked that chapter. Peace.]