[Even if Dave was facing him, he wouldn't get it. And if John could derive enough of his tells through text alone, to on their first meeting to read something in his impassive expression, the kid would deserve a medal. He knows that too, but he can't bring himself to look. Not yet, not when he knows he put that expression there. He might not have killed her, but the callous addressing of he issue wasn't much better.
He doesn't say anything else. This isn't exactly how he wanted their first meeting to go, or any meeting at all, rather, and his fingers squeeze a little more ineffectually]
no subject
He doesn't say anything else. This isn't exactly how he wanted their first meeting to go, or any meeting at all, rather, and his fingers squeeze a little more ineffectually]
John.