( he hates that josh is trying to make this about confidence. this isn't about that. julian is confident enough. he knows he's hot shit. he's just--broken. done. unwanted. )

They haven't all dated each other. And that's not the point. ( but he reaches out. takes one of julian's hands, shoves it against his forearm above the metal that covers his mess of scar tissue. ) Feel it. You're a healer, you know this feels fucked up and wrong.