( Everything in Ian's wry expression seems to read: deal. Totally happy to offer up an embarrassment IOU.
Unfortunately — or fortunately? — for Alex, Ian's not even remotely dissuaded by quiet bookish types. He doesn't have an obnoxious or intrusive personality by any means, but he is the type to gently and tactfully engage with the quietest member of a group to get their input. It was instinct well before he was a teacher, but the impulse only got stronger with the career shift.
Plus, any under-the-radar flying went out the window as soon as Alex's clever curiosity came out. Like recognize like, ya feel? )
My toxic masculinity feels nothing but pity for you.
( Sympathetically informed — and not even remotely true. No sisters or cousins, but a single mom with no tolerance for that boys will be boys bullshit. He was raised without the opportunity for it to manifest at all, really. Olivia Fowler subjected herself to enough assholes prior to having her kid, bad habits got squashed before they even started.
Anyway, he's never really one to keep the spotlight on himself for very long. Redirect to his new science pal: )
Vet sciences, huh? You must be living your best life here, I mean... there were rats with acid tentacles.
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Unfortunately — or fortunately? — for Alex, Ian's not even remotely dissuaded by quiet bookish types. He doesn't have an obnoxious or intrusive personality by any means, but he is the type to gently and tactfully engage with the quietest member of a group to get their input. It was instinct well before he was a teacher, but the impulse only got stronger with the career shift.
Plus, any under-the-radar flying went out the window as soon as Alex's clever curiosity came out. Like recognize like, ya feel? )
My toxic masculinity feels nothing but pity for you.
( Sympathetically informed — and not even remotely true. No sisters or cousins, but a single mom with no tolerance for that boys will be boys bullshit. He was raised without the opportunity for it to manifest at all, really. Olivia Fowler subjected herself to enough assholes prior to having her kid, bad habits got squashed before they even started.
Anyway, he's never really one to keep the spotlight on himself for very long. Redirect to his new science pal: )
Vet sciences, huh? You must be living your best life here, I mean... there were rats with acid tentacles.