Home sweet home

Gavin's house was nice. It was very similar to the house that we had moved into. The same layout, same size of the property, more or less. The paint was different, as was the stuff inside. There was a living room directly to the left of the entrance, another sitting room beyond that that also connected to the hallway further down on the left. A dining room was to the right, the kitchen behind that. A bathroom was at the end of the hall. The stairs to the upstairs were right in front of me, and there would be three bedrooms upstairs and two bathrooms, one in the hall and one in the master bedroom.

I followed Gavin's cue and took my shoes off at the door, then wandered a bit further in. The living room was well decorated. Leather couch and chairs, a big TV hanging on the wall, a media center under that, a few lamps. I whistled, looking at it all. "You've got yourself a nice setup here."

"I suppose so," Gavin said. "I lucked out, got a nice job when I moved back here. They wanna keep the young folks around, after all. I splurged a bit with my first few checks. Had to build the place up after all. And, hey, it's our setup now."

That was true, I supposed. I sighed, folding my arms. Took a bit of the fun out of exploring.

Gavin noticed and ran a hand through his short hair. "Sorry, I know it's a lot to take in and deal with. Uh... I was thinking we'd order some food tonight? No need for either of us to cook after a crazy day. Figured it'd be easier. And the movers should have brought your stuff here. I imagine it's in the bedroom if you wanna change into something more comfortable."

"That... would actually be great," I said. We settled on pizza for dinner and I made my way upstairs while he ordered. I poked around, finding the master bedroom on the left, and entered. There was a king sized bed, nightstands on each side. They were identical but one, on the left side of the bed, was clearly newer. Had they delivered that? Was it part of the whole deal? The left side of the room had a vanity, a dresser, and a closet. The larger of the two closets in the room. I could see on the right the dresser, smaller closet, and the entrance to the bathroom.

I walked over to the dresser and checked drawer by drawer. I hadn't been sure what to expect but I was still disappointed. Part of me had held out hope. When they had said they were delivering my things, they meant Lucy's, not Luke's. The top drawer was full of bras and panties, the next had various feminine tops, below that was skirts and very tight yoga pants and things like that. I found some pajama style pants mixed in. More modest, almost neutral, but the colors and designs were clearly feminine. Pink with hearts, light purples, things like that.

The closet had dresses and shoes inside. Nothing that I was planning on ever wearing. Frustrated, I closed the closet and grabbed a pink and purple pair of plaid pajamas and a pink tank top. Part of me was tempted to borrow something from Gavin, but that felt too...

It felt weird.

I made my way back down stairs to find Gavin sitting on the couch, TV on and he was flipping through options. Looked like he had a good selection of streaming services, at least. I rounded the couch and sat on it, leaving a cushion empty between us.

"Better?" he asked.

"Slightly. Not the colors I would have picked, but..." I sighed. "It's something."

"Well, I'm glad. Food should be about 40 minutes. You have anything you wanna watch?" He held the remote out to me and I took it, looking through the options.