[ Sam never asks dumb questions, clearly. But there's a curiosity in wanting to see what Kavinsky throws at him this time, and there's a huff somewhere between amusement and exasperation.
He could be honest. Could say that it hadn't changed much, that he'd still flirted the same and made sure the way he flirted with other men was phrased in a way that could - marginally - be just teasing banter if he had to fall back on that. Could say that by the time he'd started to see a difference, started to see more people being out at the VA and think about how best to support them, he was off chasing down a ghost.
And there is a hint of that across their link, just the first part that it hadn't changed much - their connection's been stronger, since he helped Kavinsky with shielding - but mostly there's just the impression of a slow, pleased grin. ]
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He could be honest. Could say that it hadn't changed much, that he'd still flirted the same and made sure the way he flirted with other men was phrased in a way that could - marginally - be just teasing banter if he had to fall back on that. Could say that by the time he'd started to see a difference, started to see more people being out at the VA and think about how best to support them, he was off chasing down a ghost.
And there is a hint of that across their link, just the first part that it hadn't changed much - their connection's been stronger, since he helped Kavinsky with shielding - but mostly there's just the impression of a slow, pleased grin. ]
( Better for everyone I was with after that. )