@continentalhunter
there’s a sense of eerie familiarity with the new york continental, a discomfort that he doesn’t think he’ll ever be able to shake again. the last time he was here, john left with the assurance that he would probably never see it again. it wasn’t for him any more. that was what retirement entailed. but now, thanks to iosef tarasov, he is back again.
word must’ve gotten around.
nothing changes, in some ways. he recognizes too many faces at the bar, but someone approaching him is a little different. the avci family is, of course, familiar to him, but it takes him a few moments longer and a glance back in the midst of the lobby to discern exactly which member of the avci family this is. the youngest. has to be.
“miss avci,” he says, keeping it simple. “i’m not taking any work.”
or maybe she’s here to express her condolences about helen. he’s almost getting tired of hearing about it.
