maybe she hates this because he’s like her, only snottier sounding; getting alcohol-soaked and miserable because that’s all there is, sometimes. guilt and misery. but no, it’s not his town, not his place, and, ‘ listen, constantinople, this poor goddamn town already has one angry embarrassing drunk, and i don’t appreciate the competition. ’
it’s said with a thick tongue, voice too irritated to carry off self-deprecation like that; she does consider punching him, just for a minute, like rattling his brain around in his skull might do something useful. instead, she plucks the cigarette from between his fingers, holding it between her own. ‘ no smoking indoors. come on. let’s go outside. ’