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Tristan had to let out a genuine laugh, even though he could tell Matthew was very much only teasing. “I was talking about innocent after work drinks,” he corrected, licking over his lips a little before he broke out into a smile. “Definitely not skipping any steps here,” he said, one or two inappropriate thoughts subconsciously crossing his mind as he did. The attraction was quite obviously there, but Tristan looked forward to getting to know Matthew on a different level tonight. Face to face, enjoying each other’s presence. “You say that now. It gets a little annoying after time. What my daughter tells me anyway,” he laughed, feeling how the blood rushed to his cheeks at the compliment. “I figured I wanted to be a doctor when I was 13, actually. A classmate was choking on a piece of a sandwich and I stepped in. Ever since then, I guess I kind of knew. So travelling through Asia didn’t have too much to with it, except maybe made me want to do it just a little more,” he admitted with a laugh. “My wish to become a surgeon didn’t come until way later.” Just then, the waiter came and poured the bottle. “What about you? Why photography? What made you get into it?”
“ My bad, of course. Innocent after work drinks. ” The thought that Nathan would most likely throw in a comment about Matthew himself being a piece of work too, and therefore fitting into this place really well, crossed his mind for a split second. He decided not to share the thought for multiple reasons, especially considering Tristan was the much more interesting person to be on his mind. “ Careful what the children tell you, I’d say. They haven’t got no clue what they’re talking about. After all mine’s called you the catfish. I don’t think I’ll find it annoying anytime soon. ” The way Tristan’s cheeks took on a slight rose tinge that was noticeable despite the dim lighting made Matthew make a mental note to continue with the compliments. Another sight he could see himself getting used to. “ You were 13 when you knew you wanted to be a doctor? And basically already saved a kid’s life? I think when I was 13 I still wanted to become Michael Knight in Knight Rider. Man, I used to love that show.. That’s impressive. As for me.. I guess I wanted to do photography because it was the last thing my dad wanted me to do.. ” He accentuated that statement with a laugh. “ That’s not entirely true, of course. There’s little a photograph can’t say, I think. Actually, there’s probably nothing a photograph can’t say. It lets you see differently, and it doesn’t just freeze a moment and show you something, it.. it creates something of its own and.. I got my first camera.. I must’ve been.. 16 at the time. I’ll always remember the first time I stepped into a darkroom. Nearly all of my film was botched. Not one sharp, well compositioned photo. Almost never touched a camera again then. But my.. – this was at school – ..my teacher said there was beauty to be found in imperfection. Complete pretentious bullshit. And most of the time, not actually true. They were still shit photos, didn’t change that. No photographer serious about their work would have looked at them and said there was beauty in them. But it did make me want to continue and look for and capture the beauty, so. I knew college wasn’t gonna be for me anyway and there were many stories left to tell out there. It all sounds a lot more glorified this way. I like cool places and cool people and wanted to take photos of them, is the short version. So I hope to have you in front of my lens eventually. ”
