[That was a pretty rapid volley of questions from Elliot, who - at least with John - tended to react more than he questioned anything. Now he had Elliot's attention and curiosity, though, which made his heart give a little skip in his chest. Swallowing hard, he tried to smirk and failed miserably, the resulting expression just jittery and nervous.]
Look, man, you know there's nothing wrong with my self-esteem. It's not like I thought you'd shoot me down hard or anything, but - [He'd come out too defensive when Elliot hadn't accused him of anything. He had to dial it back.] - I couldn't really see you being into it, either.
[Oh god. What else. He did smirk at that, subtly suggestive.] You really wanna hear all of it?
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Date: 2016-09-01 07:20 pm (UTC)Look, man, you know there's nothing wrong with my self-esteem. It's not like I thought you'd shoot me down hard or anything, but - [He'd come out too defensive when Elliot hadn't accused him of anything. He had to dial it back.] - I couldn't really see you being into it, either.
[Oh god. What else. He did smirk at that, subtly suggestive.] You really wanna hear all of it?