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Ever.
And I already regretted it.
I turned to apologize to him, but the expression on his face told me he wasn’t interested in my excuses anymore.
And that look alone sparked something.
“Actually, you’re supposed to start rehab. You…”
He went on and on, but I wasn’t paying attention. I looked at Cole, who stared back at me.
The anger drained from my body as quickly as it had come, and I needed to get out of there.
I got off the table. My head was spinning. “Just write it down, doc. I’ll do whatever I have to do.”
Walking to the door, I opened it and left the room. I was going to suffocate if I didn’t get out of there.
“Patrick?” Cole called after me.
When I got to the waiting room, I sat down in the chair and held my head in my hand. My life was so fucked up.
What was I going to do without football?
And what did that look Cole gave me mean?
The man himself squatted down in front of me and put his hands on my thighs. My head popped up, and I wanted to ask what the fuck he was doing touching me in public?
Just then, it occurred to me that was the real reason my life was so fucked up. But not just my life, but his life, too.
I’d done this to us.
And I couldn’t do that to him anymore.
I loved him too much to hurt him like that.
“I’m sorry,” I said, my eyes filling with tears. “I’m the one who fucked us up.”
My eyes found the floor as the tears refused to stop. Simon and Dr. Navarro had evidently given us some space.
“Babe,” he whispered, now down on his knees in front of me. “You haven’t fucked anything up. I’m here, you’re here, that’s all that matters. I don’t care about coming out anymore. I’ll live in the back of the closet if that’s what it takes to be with you. I love you, Patrick. And that’s the only thing that matters.”
I looked up into his fierce blue eyes. They were determined and confident. He wasn’t going to let me push him away.
“I’m sorry I’m an asshole now.”
Cole smiled at me. “I know, babe. But you had your moments before, too.”
I chuckled. “Not like this, though. I might get us into bar fights or something.”
“I actually love the unfiltered Patrick.”
“Only you could love that side of me.”
He scoffed. “I love every side of you.”
I really wanted to kiss him and hold him. But we were in the doctor’s office, and that probably wasn’t the best place to do that.
“Can we go home? Are we done with Captain Obvious?”
