“ you’re absolutely insufferable sometimes, too. ” pressed ever forward, he meets daniel’s lone eye with a look of his own, tempered measure in its gaze as he uncrosses his long legs, idly — no threat in the gesture. “ you’re contrary, but weirdly genuine — and your heart is in the right place. or that is what i would like to think. ” it’s feigned seriousness in the dip of his brow, but his smile betrays him, almost genuine enough in the way he tries to suppress it.
“ we’ve known each other long enough, haven’t we? ” question implied at its end — so why haven’t you gotten tired of me? steven is a great master of people, and can read body cues from a mile away, but… sometimes the obvious escaped his grasp. perhaps that was his great hubris, to never see the things right in front of him. “ so i can say these things without fear of talking smack to a lieutenant. ”
pride swelled in his chest as he listened, a sort of foreign
confidence swirling ‘round his gut. and yet, he felt his cheeks
heat at what he can only hear as genuine praise. was that all
he was now; a dog happy to please? the lieutenant fights a
smile despite the dangerous train of thought, head ducking
in a nod of thanks. “ that was disgustingly sweet, you feelin’
okay after that? no pulled muscles? ”
he lets himself hum, gaze shifting forward for a hard moment
before he let it drift right back. “ ‘s been what, three years? two?
honestly i can’t remember how long i’ve been chasing you with
a pair’a cuffs at the ready. ” it was a half-hearted joke, smirk
crawling it’s way up to curl his lip. “ talk smack all you want,
freedom of speech and all that, but just know i have the freedom
to sock you in the jaw. ”
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