"...Oh. Just concrete. Right." Sheepish, table for two.
His mouth puckers into a frown at the mention of Stark and he almost says what he really thinks the multibillionaire can stick that philosophy. But he doesn't because that's not what he does so it's just pushed down in an attempt to ignore that kind of negativity. A calming breath and he's fine. Right. Raking a hand through his hair, he shrugs again.
"Uh, actually, t-to be perfectly honest, I. Not really the biggest fan of, er, explosions or things like that. It's j-" He stills the trembling in his hand as he puts the computer back into hibernation and sits on the bed. It's hard to explain that he'd rather not ruin anyone's evening by having a flashback and spend the whole night shivering in a post-traumatic ball of stress. "I don't react well." A beat passes. "Uh, thank you for offering though."
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His mouth puckers into a frown at the mention of Stark and he almost says what he really thinks the multibillionaire can stick that philosophy. But he doesn't because that's not what he does so it's just pushed down in an attempt to ignore that kind of negativity. A calming breath and he's fine. Right. Raking a hand through his hair, he shrugs again.
"Uh, actually, t-to be perfectly honest, I. Not really the biggest fan of, er, explosions or things like that. It's j-" He stills the trembling in his hand as he puts the computer back into hibernation and sits on the bed. It's hard to explain that he'd rather not ruin anyone's evening by having a flashback and spend the whole night shivering in a post-traumatic ball of stress. "I don't react well." A beat passes. "Uh, thank you for offering though."