"It feels so good to watch a live action movie," Alan whispered, "though for a moment I couldn't process that human eyes aren't the size of apples."
Alan's been talking through a good bit of the movie but he has yet to get a response from Walden. He was initially okay with this because at least it meant he wasn't bothering him but now the quiet was starting to worry him. He turned to look at the other man but found himself being stared at. He stopped eating his popcorn mid chew.
"What?"
"Nothing." he says and turns resolutely toward the movie
The movie proceeds as usual but now that Alan has noticed the staring he can practically feel it when Walden does it again. Now Alan was a bit fed up.
"Is there something on my face?" Unfortunately he was a bit loud so the guy behind him shushed him.
"Of course not!" Came a panicked whisper.
"So, what the hell is wrong with you?"
"It's just…remember the last time we were here?"
"Uh, yeah…?"
"Well, I'm just trying to process then and now. We've come so far." He said. "It just reminded me how we easily could have not made it to this point, especially with me being stupid. It hit me that we could have been watching this movie as 'just friends' and it almost frightened me because I wouldn't have you in the way that I have you now."
Alan's face softened.
"I'm sure we would have figured it out."
"But if we didn't!"
Another shush came from behind.
"But we did figure it out. There's no need worrying about it now. We're here, we're queer, and you eventually got used to it."
The look that Walden gave him was murderous.
"Okay I admit that that joke was in bad taste but the point still stands. We're here." He took Walden's hand in a reassuring grasp. "Now let's get back to the movie, who knows how much we've missed.