location: party with: stephanos @miindkiiller
it was probably a weird thing to focus on. or, well, more so fixate on. potentially a sign of something wrong with him when all he could see out the corner of his eye was how somebodies hands moved when they'd been approaching the food and drink and his brain saw something familiar enough. just enough that his mouth decided to run with it when he made another pass toward the drinks himself.
"so I'm potentially entirely off base here, but... kitchen work?" he couldn't even place exactly what it had been. just... practiced things you only ever really noticed when you spent enough of your time in there for things to become habits. there was also a few seconds too long before. "oh, god, that was the weirdest introduction I've ever m- Gustave, or Gus." and then he was offering his hand.
















