What I mean by this is... [He moves a little to place his weight better on his ankles, decides on resting a knee on the floor instead, running a hand through his wet hair. Because in essence, the problem isn't about staring or not, it's not about being comfortable about their own or the other's body and how long one looks at the other. It goes slightly further than that.
Because Mike has been looking and staring at Chuck all this while, while he was working, while he played videogames, while Chuck was looking at Claire and while Chuck settles on Mutt whenever there's another safety feature installed. It's what Mike does, because he looks at everyone already and he lingers more in Chuck because it's him, the one guy who sticks with him no matter what and makes most of the hardships worth-while.
What had happened that morning changed the way he looked at him, sure. He's noticed that since he opened his eyes and found Chuck catching his breath with his hand on his hip.]
No matter what changes, from now on, I'm pretty sure I'll be okay with it. [Or, optimism aside:] Or that we can work it out. Trust me.
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Because Mike has been looking and staring at Chuck all this while, while he was working, while he played videogames, while Chuck was looking at Claire and while Chuck settles on Mutt whenever there's another safety feature installed. It's what Mike does, because he looks at everyone already and he lingers more in Chuck because it's him, the one guy who sticks with him no matter what and makes most of the hardships worth-while.
What had happened that morning changed the way he looked at him, sure. He's noticed that since he opened his eyes and found Chuck catching his breath with his hand on his hip.]
No matter what changes, from now on, I'm pretty sure I'll be okay with it. [Or, optimism aside:] Or that we can work it out. Trust me.