[center][h2][color=1055E5]Damon[/color][/h2][/center]
[quote][color=92278f]“All I need is a cute boy to cuddle with.”[/color][/quote]
If he didn't know any better, he would think Max was hinting at something; towards himself specifically, given he was the only other boy here, but after actually thinking it through for a moment, he summarily discards it as pure narcissism, since he was not asked directly, and because he was objectively not cute.

He felt silly even considering it. Max was clingy and cuddly with everyone. He couldn't really rely on that to judge his body language. Hell, Max could probably get to third base in plain sight without anyone who knows him thinking anything of it.

Hrmmm... He meant that hyperbolically, but now that he thinks about it, no one else was surprised when Max came out. He knew Robbie was gay, but he would always pass things with Max off as "platonic bro cuddles", and to be fair, it's not like he or anyone else sitting at this table was a stranger to those because of Max, so why would he have questioned cuddles between Max and Robbie? Even if there was something going on, taking things at face value feels like the polite thing to do, whether correct or not. However, the end result was that he ended up spending less and less time with them as Robbie made up excuses to be with his boyfriend instead of hanging out. It's not like he wanted to third-wheel the two, had he known then, but he was closer friends with Fae and Erin at this point despite having only met them in the past year.

He began to feel slightly insecure about his social skills, and began to calculate the potential detrimental ramifications of failing to recognize another budding relationship, using Fae and Erin as examples for the scenario given how he could separate himself from the situation and how it would mirror his positioning from Max and Robbie's relationship. He got to the point in the scenario where the Fae and Erin in his head were arguing over the Lithium Battery bombs in his backpack being either cool or irresponsibly dangerous before Fae took out a box of doughnuts and he resigned himself to social ineptitude, thanking Fae and grabbing himself the cinnamon swirl one.

[quote][color=fdc68a]“I was just planning on hanging out with you guys today, unless there were other plans. That and class,”[/color][/quote]
Damon shrugged. [b][color=1055E5]"I'm thinking Wingstop after classes, if you guys are down."[/color][/b] He turned to look at Max. [b][color=1055E5]"You still bring your switch to school? We could play smash again. Loser has to try the hottest sauce on the menu."[/color][/b] Technically, they didn't need Max's switch for that, though if they had 4 joycons, Fae and Erin could play too.

The joke, of course, was that Damon would eat their hottest hot wings either way.