Swipe Right to Love: Nick and Charlie Fanfic

Bowling

Nick

By mid June, Charlie's relationship with Billy seemed to have become more serious. He was spending more time with him, and wasn't at home much. I hated it, hated knowing he was with another man.

His behaviour had also started to change. He wasn't flirty with me anymore, and we didn't banter like we used to. I assumed it was because he didn't want to feel disloyal, I had no idea what was actually going on.

Chantelle had become a regular client, and was a lot more forward with her flirting. I was nearing the end of a session with her, and had been feeling frustrated over the situation with Charlie, when I had a moment of weakness.

She was struggling to complete a plank, we were forty seconds in with only twenty left to go.
"You've got this." I encouraged.
"It's easy for you, because you're so strong." She said flirtatiously, touching my bicep.

Any other day, if a client had touched me like this, I would have ended the session. But today was different, today I was feeling bitter and sorry for myself. I knew Charlie would be seeing Billy at some point, probably not even come home again.

I turned my head to look at her, smirked and let my gaze linger. She blushed, and started giggling. I already felt like I'd abandoned my morals, I had lifted the viel on my professional persona.

The timer went off, and we both sat up.
"Well done." I chuckled.
"Do you ever do sessions from home?" She asked suggestively.
"No, I don't." I laughed, looking down and my face heated up a little.
"That's a shame." She said seductively, placing her hand on my thigh.
"Maybe I could make an exception." I said lowly, giving her a devilish look.
"Just tell me when and where." She said flirtatiously as she stood up.
"Uhm... Sure." I said awkwardly, the realisation of what I'd agreed to hitting me.
"I'll see you soon." She said, winking at me before she left.

Charlie

I had gone home after my lecture, I didn't have work that day and I just wanted to be at home. Billy had berated me in front of his friends, I knew he was joking, and I felt silly for being upset, but it hurt all the same.

I was catching up on some work when Nick came home. He seemed surprised to see me, I don't think he was expecting me to be there.
"Oh, hey." He said, smiling.
"Hey." I said quietly, forcing a smile.

He sat next to me, scrolling on his phone. He was never normally so quiet, and it made me feel uneasy. When Billy was quiet with me, it was because I had done something to piss him off. He would never tell me what I had supposedly done, all I would know was that he wasn't happy with me.

Nick's silence triggered this feeling, the anxiety that I had unknowingly done something wrong.
"Have I done something wrong?" I ask quietly.
"What?" He asked softly, looking at me and furrowing his brow.
"You're just... Quiet..." I said in small voice.
"You haven't done anything wrong, why would you think that?" He asked gently.
"I dunno." I mumbled, looking away.
"Charlie what's wrong?" His voice was full of concern and he turned his body towards me.
"Nothing, I'm just being silly." I said, smiling weakly.
"Okay." He said quietly.

I went back to my work. After about ten minutes, I glanced at him again. I could tell he had something on his mind, his face was troubled. If it was nothing I had done, something else must have upset him.

"Are you okay?" I asked softly.
"Just... Something happened at work." He said quietly.
"Do you want to talk about it?" I offered.
"I did something really stupid." He said, looking at me with sad eyes.
"Nick, you can talk to me about anything." I said gently, putting down my laptop and moving closer to him.