[ It startled him away from his idolizing to hear what Stanley was really saying beside him. It caught him a little off guard, honestly, because as much as it had been ridiculous and a shock to hear it from Fraser, it was somehow a little weirder still to hear it from Ray. Maybe some of that other stuff. God, was he serious? This wasn't just an awkward unrequited love thing from a drunk Mountie, this was...
Wow.
He blinked a little harder, then again, caught staring at Stanley as he got out that last bit about Fraser missing him, and honestly for a second it was Ray himself who considered punching the other guy in the face on his wedding day because Christ, what a thing to say.
It was revenge, he realised. Revenge for taking Stella away, revenge for letting Stanley know that she still cared for him. He was taking Fraser away, and now Stanley was going to tell him just how much that was going to hurt.
It was going to hurt. More than it was already sort of hurting. He hadn't been Fraser's partner for almost two years now, but he still missed it, and he'd miss it more when he couldn't even drop in at the Consulate and see the guy. They'd be thousands of miles away from each other, lucky to ever see each other again - maybe for the rest of their lives. Yes, damn it, he was going to miss Fraser. More than Stella was going to miss Ray, that was for sure. He felt a little bit sick.
Nice move, Kowalski. Real slick. ]
I know. [ He said at last. He sounded as sad as he felt. ] I'm gonna miss him too. [ His finger and thumb pressed into the bridge of his nose. He wasn't going to cry. That was idiotic. ] You uh... Maybe you ought to save him, huh? That girl hovering behind Stella is my second cousin Elouise. She's a maneater. I mean--she gets her hands on him and it's all over.
[ Whether or not that was true really didn't matter. He just didn't want Stanley to see him so upset. ]
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Wow.
He blinked a little harder, then again, caught staring at Stanley as he got out that last bit about Fraser missing him, and honestly for a second it was Ray himself who considered punching the other guy in the face on his wedding day because Christ, what a thing to say.
It was revenge, he realised. Revenge for taking Stella away, revenge for letting Stanley know that she still cared for him. He was taking Fraser away, and now Stanley was going to tell him just how much that was going to hurt.
It was going to hurt. More than it was already sort of hurting. He hadn't been Fraser's partner for almost two years now, but he still missed it, and he'd miss it more when he couldn't even drop in at the Consulate and see the guy. They'd be thousands of miles away from each other, lucky to ever see each other again - maybe for the rest of their lives. Yes, damn it, he was going to miss Fraser. More than Stella was going to miss Ray, that was for sure. He felt a little bit sick.
Nice move, Kowalski. Real slick. ]
I know. [ He said at last. He sounded as sad as he felt. ] I'm gonna miss him too. [ His finger and thumb pressed into the bridge of his nose. He wasn't going to cry. That was idiotic. ] You uh... Maybe you ought to save him, huh? That girl hovering behind Stella is my second cousin Elouise. She's a maneater. I mean--she gets her hands on him and it's all over.
[ Whether or not that was true really didn't matter. He just didn't want Stanley to see him so upset. ]