[ Bluntly, someone else's discomfort in his presence generally isn't Sebastian's concern. There's a reason he doesn't usually play good cop. Well, many, but mostly it's because that's the man next to him. And that's just because he's a good man at baseline.
That said, Leon is a friend of Joseph's, and while Sebastian doesn't always (read: ever) tend to agree with the slack Joseph cuts other people, he's not here to fuck up his relationships on purpose. Besides, Joseph seems genuinely happy to know the guy, if the gushing praise and carefully worded anecdotes were anything to go by.
The fact that he's (they're? looking like they're both—) intimately familiar with Leon's mouth in more ways than one is just complicating things, actually.
And then Joseph starts squeaking. ]
Right, I remember. [ He breezes right past any associations anyone else in the room might be making about his career. ] Still working with a stationary target gallery?
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That said, Leon is a friend of Joseph's, and while Sebastian doesn't always (read: ever) tend to agree with the slack Joseph cuts other people, he's not here to fuck up his relationships on purpose. Besides, Joseph seems genuinely happy to know the guy, if the gushing praise and carefully worded anecdotes were anything to go by.
The fact that he's (they're? looking like they're both—) intimately familiar with Leon's mouth in more ways than one is just complicating things, actually.
And then Joseph starts squeaking. ]
Right, I remember. [ He breezes right past any associations anyone else in the room might be making about his career. ] Still working with a stationary target gallery?
[ a beat, a self-deprecating smile, oddly. ]
And pull up a chair if you're not gonna bolt.