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Walt: Hey! Okay, ready when you are

Sorry, I think I got my wires crossed—were you thinking tonight?

Hayden: Just got off a zoom!! Re: tonight—yes! How long were you thinking?

Walt: Like how long of a conversation? idk

Hayden: Haha yeah I guess. no worries! I just need to make sure I’m back by 9, just had to schedule another zoom

Walt: At 9pm??

Hayden: west coast time

Walt: say no more haha

okay well maybe we should wait until after your call, since it’s already 8:30

Hayden: oh, ok! so you’re thinking more than 30 min?

Walt: is that okay?

Hayden: Totally lol

Hayden: Hmm idk how long the zoom will be. Want to talk now and then press pause, and then we can circle back after if we need to?

Walt: it’s not really that kind of conversation haha

I feel weird, you’re making it sound like a work agenda item

Hayden: I mean drama clash is literally our work, idk what to tell you

lol

Walt: this isn’t about drama clash

Hayden: okay? what’s it about

Walt: can we have this convo in person please?

really don’t want to do this over text

Hayden: that’s fine, would just be helpful to know how long you think you need

just for planning purposes, so I can figure out the timing of stuff for tonight

Walt: seriously?

Hayden: or can you give me an idea of what this is even about?

Walt: okay, you know what? Why don’t you just text me when you’re done with your film calls. I don’t want this convo to be something

you have to squeeze in

Hayden: Okay?

You get that i can’t really control when the team is available, right?

this is like

a pretty important project and it may actually happen, so

Walt: okay, I didn’t know that. sorry

Hayden: it’s fine!

Walt: Look, I don’t want to interfere with film stuff. I just really wanted to talk to you this weekend

since we’re both here

Hayden: lol we live 5 min from each other

Walt: yeah

you’ve been hard to pin down lately

Hayden: Yeah, maybe bc I’m trying to land a fucking role for once and not have it snatched away at the last second again

you think I love flying across the country and back every week?

Walt: no I don’t think that

Look it sounds like this weekend isn’t good for you

Hayden: I didn’t say that?

I just asked for more info, that’s literally it??

Walt: okay wow just

I’m bisexual

there you go, there’s your info

I wanted to do that in person, but I guess it didn’t fit in the schedule

Hayden: okay?

yeah that’s not fair

I never said I couldn’t fit it in my schedule

and I literally had no idea it was about that??

Walt: wow

Hayden : ??

wow?

Walt: hayden I just came out to you

and that’s your reaction? To tell me I’m being unfair

for what, for not wanting to come out in a text?

Hayden: You CHOSE to come out in a text though????

obviously I’m happy for you

please don’t act like I’m a bigot when you KNOW I’m not

Walt: I don’t think you’re a bigot?? I just

idk, I don’t understand. Like I just CAME OUT to you

and all you can do is bitch about me accusing you of shit I’m not even accusing you of??

Hayden: that’s completely unfair and you know it

also we’ve literally already talked about this multiple times?? sorry I didn’t realize this was new information

Walt: what??

when have we talked about this?

Hayden: uh so many fucking times??

you’ve literally mentioned dudes you think are hot

or when the out magazine guy called us two straight dudes, and you did that little back and forth hand thing

Walt: that wasn’t me coming out!

Hayden: then what was it lol

Walt: idk! Just

I don’t think you get to decide what counts as my coming out

Hayden: well I don’t think you get to accuse me of responding in a certain way to your coming out if I had no way of knowing that’s

how you viewed it

Walt: hayden, do you hear yourself? How is this the conversation we’re having rn

lol and now it’s 9

have a good zoom

Hayden: Do you want me to cancel?

Walt: lol no

forget it, I’ll see you tomorrow

Hayden: okay well

I’ll come by at 8 and we can have breakfast or something

okay?

Walt: whatever you want

break a leg