[His smile creases, widens a bit. He looks genuine. Sometimes he forgets he's actually not that old at all; somedays he feels older than Murphy (watch the old man huff and puff about that comparison). It's easy to forget he's supposed to be just starting his life on his own, getting a steady job, dating.]
It's been a long ass time since I got a gift from someone. 'Course I like it.
[He actually sounds younger than his age for once, all pleasant and... honored? Maybe honored. LB may have doubts about the cleanliness of her soul, but Alex didn't give a royal fuck about the inky blemishes she probably visualized there.
Whatever. He's got some pretty ugly tar-colored stains on his very being, too.
He looks up at her with that less-tired smile still in place.]
Thanks, LB. It means a lot.
[That people care. He's gotten used to the sounds of people caring. She may feel she's been inadequately around when he needed her, but she's been around more than a lot of people in his old life.
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It's been a long ass time since I got a gift from someone. 'Course I like it.
[He actually sounds younger than his age for once, all pleasant and... honored? Maybe honored. LB may have doubts about the cleanliness of her soul, but Alex didn't give a royal fuck about the inky blemishes she probably visualized there.
Whatever. He's got some pretty ugly tar-colored stains on his very being, too.
He looks up at her with that less-tired smile still in place.]
Thanks, LB. It means a lot.
[That people care. He's gotten used to the sounds of people caring. She may feel she's been inadequately around when he needed her, but she's been around more than a lot of people in his old life.
It's plenty enough.]