"The disaffected outsider propping up a wall look doesn't really work when there's only five of us here," Adam said. He held out a glass of water he'd poured from the pitcher on the table for Ronan to drink. Three beers was a good breaking point for water, he figured, hating himself a little for how he counted how many drinks his friends had. Three beers, water, and some food.
Adam told himself to stop being irrational in the same moment that he told himself that he was being perfectly reasonable.
"We should've found one of those balcony grills and cooked something up," he said, feeling strangely stilted with Henry in their midst. His was not a bad presence but it did still change the dynamic and left Adam on his tiptoes.
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Date: 2016-07-04 05:58 am (UTC)Adam told himself to stop being irrational in the same moment that he told himself that he was being perfectly reasonable.
"We should've found one of those balcony grills and cooked something up," he said, feeling strangely stilted with Henry in their midst. His was not a bad presence but it did still change the dynamic and left Adam on his tiptoes.