All prompting me how fair young Hero is

It's a slow, lazy day and they got done with rehearsals and then, because Neil really does want to go over lines for both shows, he asks Gabriel back with him. They can order pizza and put on a little music in the background and just relax, going over their scenes. They've got to be off book pretty soon, and Neil wants to be off book as quickly as possible.

But also, he just wants to be around Gabriel. Pointing him out to Cassie, telling her that he liked him--and, earlier that day, letting all of the bottled up worried out at Poison--had been as relieving as it was frustrating. He doesn't know how to move forward, how to shift things, how to make these next steps happen. And maybe they don't need to, but he wants them to.

He just hopes that Gabriel does too.

Now, he glances over at Gabriel. The little purse of his lips and the wrinkle between his eyebrows. He wants, desperately to smooth it away with his thumb and a kiss.