This hadn't seemed like the best of ideas when Helix first brought it up and now, standing outside the dimly lit little shop that washed out a strong smell of perfume and glitter onto the street Aidan was even less sure about this. Buying lube at a pharmacy was about as horrifying as buying condoms, something he'd learned to deal with a good few years ago but this... this was something else. You couldn't pretend this had anything to do with health when you were surrounded by sequined thongs and rubbery... objects and to tell the truth he was more than a little uncomfortable with the idea of going in there.
Not that he had much hope of getting out of it, not now when they'd made it all this way even with his gimpy leg but that didn't stop him from shifting uncomfortably, casting the occasional glance at Helix as if he could will the boy to not go through with it with his mind alone.
"So, uh..." he started, stopped to clear his throat. Can we say awkward?