𝙸𝙽𝚃. 𝙰 𝙱𝚄𝚂𝚃𝙻𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙱𝙰𝚁 & 𝙶𝚁𝙸𝙻𝙻 — 𝙽𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃. patrons gather at the bar to watch the game, chattering and hollering over glasses of beer and overpriced food. here, their conversation is just a low rumble, a low hum in the chaos. starling is — exceptionally well-dressed for the booth he’s sitting in, but now that they’ve both settled down, no one pays them any mind.
‘ hey — no one's gonna get hurt. ’ this isn’t a fact or a promise he can make, yet he still makes it. victor likes whitney, and while he will never understand his anger, or his history — the attempt is still made. he tries to be amiable, he tries to be respectful, more civilized than the man who had put himself between whitlock, who was only a stranger, then, and the agents who were about to suffer consequences far worse than agent starling’s raised voice. if whitlock had chosen to make them hurt, victor wouldn’t have blamed him, but — it was whitney’s first day in starling’s office, and starling liked order. the last thing victor would’ve wanted was a broken desk and a stack of paperwork to fill out. since the moment they met, victor’s held nothing but respect for whit, and that certainly doesn’t change now. ‘ the bar, silver chain — we don’t have to do any of that. just tell me what you need, and I can make it happen. ’ / @loreskept .