[ Okay. A success in touching. That's one good thing out of the evening. It didn't make anything worse, and in some key ways, they're beyond the point of managing to make this much more awkward.
Silver linings.
Tomorrow will be better. God, he hopes tomorrow will be better. ]
I should hope not. [ He's barely responsible enough for himself. ] It's a... helpful suggestion. Energy conservation.
[ Never mind that he knows Crowley might very well actively try at that nebulous concept of not worrying if he asked him nicely enough anyway. It's an abuse of familiarity to get into that for this, really. And it might sort of backfire.
More fun to convince Crowley to do things when the two of them are normal and the thing he's asking for is generally minor and nice. ]
no subject
Silver linings.
Tomorrow will be better. God, he hopes tomorrow will be better. ]
I should hope not. [ He's barely responsible enough for himself. ] It's a... helpful suggestion. Energy conservation.
[ Never mind that he knows Crowley might very well actively try at that nebulous concept of not worrying if he asked him nicely enough anyway. It's an abuse of familiarity to get into that for this, really. And it might sort of backfire.
More fun to convince Crowley to do things when the two of them are normal and the thing he's asking for is generally minor and nice. ]