[ The earnest pinch of a smile, something warm about shared history. Something bemusing about the passage of time.
A scarred hand peels out of his pocket to accept the glass from Stefano. It tremors lightly in his hold, the slightest ripples across the wine's surface when a muscle leaps as he overcorrects in his effort to keep as still as he can manage. Always hyper-aware in certain company of all the ways he's changed - this one most of all.
Rather than let himself obsess, he lifts the glass for a sip— and his brow folds in approval when he swallows, holding the wine away from him to appraise it for a moment. ]
This is good. [ He'd meant the room, but the bottle's winning now. ] Did you bring this with you?
[ Playfully indignant. If the Balfours are keeping all the best wine for the Salvatores and their connections, he's filing a formal complaint. The divorce may have technically expunged him from the family whose own connections afforded it to him, but he too is used to a certain kind of living. ]
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Date: 2025-06-05 10:00 pm (UTC)[ The earnest pinch of a smile, something warm about shared history. Something bemusing about the passage of time.
A scarred hand peels out of his pocket to accept the glass from Stefano. It tremors lightly in his hold, the slightest ripples across the wine's surface when a muscle leaps as he overcorrects in his effort to keep as still as he can manage. Always hyper-aware in certain company of all the ways he's changed - this one most of all.
Rather than let himself obsess, he lifts the glass for a sip— and his brow folds in approval when he swallows, holding the wine away from him to appraise it for a moment. ]
This is good. [ He'd meant the room, but the bottle's winning now. ] Did you bring this with you?
[ Playfully indignant. If the Balfours are keeping all the best wine for the Salvatores and their connections, he's filing a formal complaint. The divorce may have technically expunged him from the family whose own connections afforded it to him, but he too is used to a certain kind of living. ]