Steve takes it in stride, with enough habit that it raises his eyebrows like a surprise he doesn't quite truly feel, nothing more really than is gained for the completely unmixed travail right up his shirt. When there's a war of momentary reactions, each one about as in check as the next. When it would be easy to smile brighter and just roll it off. It's a bar, it happens, and hey, you know a free drink from a cute girl is a free drink from a cute girl. Who turns that down?
Even if she isn't going to get anything else out of it, and he isn't going to be following up on a second free drink.
Especially given the small blast of annoyance coming from his side. When he shoots Danny an impatiently quizzical look, clearing his throat before looking back at the bartender. He raised the glass, with about only the faintest diminish to his smile, lips pressing more than spreading, flat and curved more than warm, like a toast, poster boy for gratitude, with an easy breezy, "Mahola."
It's a free drink he can drink, and a free opinion he can discard without caring about. It seems good enough she shrugs, smiles big and bright again, before saying, "Not a problem," and heading off to other people calling after her and her services.
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Date: 2012-11-22 06:07 am (UTC)Even if she isn't going to get anything else out of it, and he isn't going to be following up on a second free drink.
Especially given the small blast of annoyance coming from his side. When he shoots Danny an impatiently quizzical look, clearing his throat before looking back at the bartender. He raised the glass, with about only the faintest diminish to his smile, lips pressing more than spreading, flat and curved more than warm, like a toast, poster boy for gratitude, with an easy breezy, "Mahola."
It's a free drink he can drink, and a free opinion he can discard without caring about. It seems good enough she shrugs, smiles big and bright again, before saying, "Not a problem," and heading off to other people calling after her and her services.