( Damn straight he'd laugh — maybe this isn't the place to try forcing that conversation out. Maybe one of these days you'll actually listen to him, huh? Didn't he say that? Christ in heaven.
Of all the answers he could've gotten, he's not expecting that one.
He looks over, a tiny furrow in his brow for a second as he studies Steve. He shifts it into a muted little smirk. )
I know.
( He's joking. He's not so sure. A good friend probably wouldn't feel as goddamn resentful as he does sometimes at night, when it all gets to be too much and everything hits at once.
It's about lightening the tone a little, is all. )
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Of all the answers he could've gotten, he's not expecting that one.
He looks over, a tiny furrow in his brow for a second as he studies Steve. He shifts it into a muted little smirk. )
I know.
( He's joking. He's not so sure. A good friend probably wouldn't feel as goddamn resentful as he does sometimes at night, when it all gets to be too much and everything hits at once.
It's about lightening the tone a little, is all. )