Gordy opened the door to his apartment before they knocked. “You guys sound like a herd of elephants. You’re louder than Belinda. Oh, hey, Leo.” He gave Leo a smile. “This is the first time I’ve seen you use the elevator.”
Friends and their plans of scrutiny or no, Gordy’s smile was Leo’s undoing. He felt his expression go full-on heart-eyes at the same time that his knees softened and his tongue stopped working. “Oh…” He laughed stupidly. “I’m usually coming from one floor down, right?” He punctuated the question-c*m-statement with another nervous laugh. He felt both Jeff and Fig’s gazes on him like they were laser beams. “But we were coming from the street. With um…” He pulled the pool noodle away from his friends. “With this. For some reason. It’s a thing that um, Fig—” He flourished h
