florabled said:
"Do you happen to like tea?" Percy holds a thermos in hand, light blue and shiny: it catches the sunlight as she tilts it gently, a trace of disappointment in the way she raises her brows. "I was in a hurry when I made it this morning," she explains, "and I added too much sugar. It'd be a waste to pour it out, though." And as long as she gets her thermos back, she doesn't particularly care who drinks it.
“ i - i’m fine with it, i suppose, ” the caffeine helps him wake up in the morning and stay up late. the taste is alright. he’s not necessarily an avid tea drinker, but he’s okay with it. he takes the tea from percy because she seems not to like it at all. karl reaches out to sniff the thermos, but isn’t interested in it, and settles back on poe’s shoulders.
when poe tastes it, he’s shocked by the sugary taste. but he has to keep drinking it. he doesn’t want to upset her, even if she knows it’s too sweet. she doesn’t want the tea to go to waste, after all! “ it tastes alright to me, ” the sweetness forces him to make a face as he lies. it’s not that bad, he tells himself, it’s just sugar.