Marcus figured it out on a Wednesday.

Eli didn't see it coming. He should have.

They were in the cafeteria, the usual noise around them, trays and voices and someone's music leaking from headphones two tables over. Marcus was talking about something — a test, a teacher, Eli couldn't track it properly because Will had just walked in across the room and sat down with his team and looked up and found Eli immediately the way he always did now.

Eli looked away.

But not fast enough.

Marcus stopped talking mid sentence.

Eli felt it. The specific quality of silence that meant something had just clicked into place for someone...