[It's the only thing he can think to say about that without being really unkind, and he isn't much interested in being unkind to someone who's been decent to him. He tends not to have much to do with teenagers, not even for work, since that always feels far too scummy, but he has a vague concept that high school is awful. Sounds like it might have been for Peter, too.
It's good to know he's halfway decent at it. Maybe he can ask around, see if anyone he knows through work is looking for a photographer.]
S'fine, like I said, now we're even.
[Crowley has, perhaps notably, not touched his own food since Peter sat down, aside from moving it around on his plate a little. It's not really a conscious thing, he just feels weird about eating while someone is paying attention to him.
He does drink some of his coffee while Peter is busy with his first few mouthfuls, at least.] You ought to give cooking a try, if I can manage it, it can't be all that difficult. Your folks are buying groceries, right?
[He'll stand for a lot of things but he draws the line at child neglect, even if Peter is on the edge of what could be considered a child, really.]
it belongs to god now
[It's the only thing he can think to say about that without being really unkind, and he isn't much interested in being unkind to someone who's been decent to him. He tends not to have much to do with teenagers, not even for work, since that always feels far too scummy, but he has a vague concept that high school is awful. Sounds like it might have been for Peter, too.
It's good to know he's halfway decent at it. Maybe he can ask around, see if anyone he knows through work is looking for a photographer.]
S'fine, like I said, now we're even.
[Crowley has, perhaps notably, not touched his own food since Peter sat down, aside from moving it around on his plate a little. It's not really a conscious thing, he just feels weird about eating while someone is paying attention to him.
He does drink some of his coffee while Peter is busy with his first few mouthfuls, at least.] You ought to give cooking a try, if I can manage it, it can't be all that difficult. Your folks are buying groceries, right?
[He'll stand for a lot of things but he draws the line at child neglect, even if Peter is on the edge of what could be considered a child, really.]