The last two weeks had been hell for Steve. Ever since spending the night (and morning) with Phil, his thoughts has been a mess. It was if he suddenly didn't know himself, what he was and wasn't capable of, what he did and didn't want.
It was because of this that he had never called the number Phil had given him as he'd left the apartment that Saturday morning.
"No pressure either way," Phil had said as he'd given the number, "but if you do get in touch, that'd be great."
He'd come close a number of times, but each time he'd chickened out, unsure of what to say, unsure even what he wanted to say to the man who'd changed his world so easily. He found himself daydreaming about their evening, he'd lie in bed stroking himself thinking about Phil's cock buried deep inside him, and however much he tried to stop, he couldn't stop thinking about him.
Which is why this Thursday found him wandering back to the station from work with a friend, vaguely paying attention to his talk about the upcoming football this week, whereas in reality his mind was elsewhere.
They turned a corner, and Steve looked up. At first, he couldn't believe his eyes, but as the figure walking towards them got closer, he saw it was who he thought it was. Immediately, he felt his body unconsciously get excited, nervous tension running through his veins. In moments they were close enough for the other man to see him to, and start with a glint of recognition.
"Hi Phil," Steve said shyly, as the two parties slowed and met.
"Steve, long time no see," Phil replied, a bemused look on his face.
"Yeh, sorry about that," steve stammered, before remembering he had company. In that moment he made a decision, and turning to his friend he said "Brad, you go on ahead, I'll catch you tomorrow. Haven't seen Phil for a while and would be good to catch up." He looked questioningly at Phil, who just nodded.
"Sure, see you tomorrow," Brad replied, "Nice to meet you Phil," he added pleasantly as he walked off towards the station.
Steve watched him go, until he was out of earshot, and then turned to the Phil who was leaning up against the wall with a smile on his face.
"Catch up?" Phil asked, "you never called, so I assumed that was it?"
"Yeh, look, sorry about that, it's just, what happened, was so amazing, but so scary, I didn't want to face how I felt about it, and so I just ignored it," he stammered.
"And now?" Phil asked, "you could have easily just walked on by, ignored me and carried on."
"I know. But I don't want to. It's like you said that night, if something feels right, why fight it. I've realised what I want."
"And what's that?" Phil replied.
"You." Steve said simply. "I know you've every right to say no, but well... I was hoping maybe..." he trailed off, looking into Phil's piercing blue eyes.
Phil laughed. "You've got timing," he said. I'm just off to work, opening up at the bar I work at."
"But..." he added, seeing the look of disappointment on Steve's face, "the bar doesn't open for a while, I'm always on my own when opening up, no one else will be in for another hour if you want to come along."
Steve didn't trust himself to speak, and so meekly nodded. Phil smiled in reply and headed in the direction of the bar. The two of them walked in silence, Steve trying to think of what to say, and Phil respecting the thoughts that were whirling around Steve's mind. They came to the back door of the bar, and steve stood back as Phil searched for the keys and opened the door.