"How'd you two even meet, LT?"
Johnny asked without expectation of an answer, not when Simon was so keen to keep the personal details of his life close to his chest. Strong as their bond was, there were scarce few details of the taller man's comings and goings which Johnny had become privy to. He doubted he'd even have known his lieutenant had a partner to begin with had Simon not supplied the information himself.
The Scot looked over, awaiting a dismissal or an explanation, the former seeming far more likely, but he watched his companion with baited breath all the same. Simon tugged down his balaclava once he'd swallowed a mouthful of bourbon, black material hiding the barest glimpse of scarred lips beginning to smirk.
"Had one hell of an opening line."
"Yeah?"
Simon's tired eyes seemed to look a little warmer, whether with drink or memory, Johnny wasn't sure.
"Came right up to me and said, 'You've got huge tits. Bet they'd be nice to nap on'."
"Yer bum's oot the windae! That can't be how it went!"
"Had a nap on the couch once we got back to mine."
Another taste of Kentucky went down smooth and Simon shrugged off Johnny's disbelief as easy as breathing.
"My bird's got Fibro. Couldn't resist a bloke who'd make a good pillow."
Johnny turned forward on his bar stool, hand tight around his beer, and wondered if it'd even been worth it to ask. He spent the rest of the night completely unaware that Simon hadn't lied in the slightest.
(I'm having a flare up, the fatigue is a lot, and this popped into my head. Found the energy to churn it out, so whoooo. If anybody needs this behind a read more for length, just let me know.)

















