You and Matthew had grown weirdly close over the past six months.

Over the time period, he’d started considering you one of his closest friends, which was odd considering the age gap between the two of you.

What was even weirder was that he was falling for you, and he knew it.

The two of you were eating takeout on his couch. You’d insisted on watching the newest episode of his tv show Criminal Minds. While he didn’t enjoy watching himself act, he’d do it for you. It was an excuse to spend time with you.

Despite you being at his house for the sake of watching the episode, neither of you were paying much attention to it.

His eyes shifted over to your face as you took a bite of your food, lingering on a crumb that sat on the corner of your lip.

“Here, lemme get that…” Matthew said softly, placing a hand on your chin, tracing his thumb across your lower lip.