Status Updates From Jealous Guy (Down Bad, #1)

Why am I not liking this one

Are they gonna kiss or what ??? Kinda bored out of my mind

Okay, no more lecture-y-ness, I don't know why it was there earlier. This so good, I rarely vibe so much with friends to lovers so much but this is doing it SO well.

I'm loving this, but this swerve into Feminism 101 feels a bit after school special to me. Feels like we're being lectured at out of nowhere instead of just showing Jordan and Orion respecting women and standing up for them (which, great! but did we need a "one time this guy did this thing and Jordan stood up to him" scene that feels out of place in a story supposed to be about them?)

“When we kiss and my lips part, so do Orion’s. Like magic. Like we’re communicating telepathically. We’re both overtly aware of what the other one wants and what they’re going to do next. I part my lips, and he parts his. At the same speed. At the same exact time.”

“It’s just that he’s perfect. Kissing him is perfect. Holding him is perfect. Looking into his eyes is perfect. Kissing him again is even more perfect.
It’s more than perfect, actually.”

“What’s it called when you want someone so much that you want to be part of them, inside them, under their skin, and you want them to be part of you in exactly the same way? When you want to consume their essence and give them a piece of you they can’t ever give back?”

Making a past reddit post about a guy who thought he was straight and was jealous of his gay best friend dating others into a whole novel um yes please!

These two boys are idiots, cute, but idiotic not in the least

the way he's talking care of O when he's sick🤒🍲💓🥹