Neil whirls on Arcade's treacherous snake words, eyes wild and edging panicked. "Shit, no, I'm not. Stop lying." His gazes flicks back to Ben, unknowingly pleading. "He's lying."
After all, that would cause quite a stir, wouldn't it? Alex Seattle Geer, the white-haired Courier, "fraternizing" with this nobody-- It might be inconvenient for Alex, wouldn't it? To have that kind of rumor floating around for a guy known for playing around, even as it is the truth.
Kinda depressing, that.
The eldest of three stares for a beat longer, expression notably blank. It doesn't last long, as most things do, and to Neil's utter surprise, he breaks the quiet with intense laughter. "The Courier, huh?" he tells Arcade, wiping the tears from his eyes. "Funny, he never struck me as a cradle-robber. You, on the other hand--"
He smiles at Neil, and somehow, the gesture is enough for the younger to look uncomfortably away. "--I can believe has his first boyfriend. You know, Neil, the polite thing to do when asking a strange man about his techniques in bed is to say please."
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After all, that would cause quite a stir, wouldn't it? Alex Seattle Geer, the white-haired Courier, "fraternizing" with this nobody-- It might be inconvenient for Alex, wouldn't it? To have that kind of rumor floating around for a guy known for playing around, even as it is the truth.
Kinda depressing, that.
The eldest of three stares for a beat longer, expression notably blank. It doesn't last long, as most things do, and to Neil's utter surprise, he breaks the quiet with intense laughter. "The Courier, huh?" he tells Arcade, wiping the tears from his eyes. "Funny, he never struck me as a cradle-robber. You, on the other hand--"
He smiles at Neil, and somehow, the gesture is enough for the younger to look uncomfortably away. "--I can believe has his first boyfriend. You know, Neil, the polite thing to do when asking a strange man about his techniques in bed is to say please."