I said I was going to tell him, but I didn't think he'd want to hear it, because he always reacts badly when people are into him, and he told me to tell Marco instead.

[ which was hilariously ironic, given that nick had already spilled his guts about that little fact, but he'll have to wait a week or two to actually find it funny. it's all far too fresh to be a joke right now, a wound cracked open that nick is just--picking open again, talking about it now. ]