@shortbutsopassionate Okokokok talk to me about the first place Jack would take Kent on his first visit to Montreal. Like the first spot jack needs him to see.
(in the “they both loved each other au”,) jack and kent bus out to the mile end.
“this far to go get bagels? really?” kent whines
jack playfully hits him. “itll be worth it. just wait.anyways, you know how my dad gets.” bad bob had specifically asked for these fairmount bagels.
“fine,” kent says, and leans his head against jack’s shoulder. a few minutes later they get off at a street corner. jack leads him down a few blocks and then stops him right as he’s about to cross the street. jack points to a building on the opposite corner. theres an deppaneur on the first floor and what seems to be an apartment with a small balcony on the second. there’s a “for rent” sign in the window.
“there,” jack says.
“there what?” kent asks
“that’s where we move in. we skip the draft, we change our names and we move in.”
:youre ridiculous,” kent says as he tries to move forward but jack puts out his arm and stops him.
“we’ll get jobs as janitors or dish washers or whatever else we can find,” he says, getting more excited.
“we get a dog,” kent adds
“we get a rescue,” jack says. “ we’ll grow terrible facial hair and we join a shitty beer league that plays at mcconnell areana. when it’s late at night we’ll go out to the rink in jeance meance parc and skate until the sun rise.”
“yeah, when it isn’t -30 fucking degrees,” kent jokes,
“yeah,” jack says quietly
“yeah,” kent repeats wistfully.
they stand there for about a minute, imagining this secret, impossible life.
“anyways, we should get going,” jack says as he starts to walk.
“yeah,” kent says quietly, still looking at the second story apartment.