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[asmywitness]

[[Tyler screens his calls - anyone who tries to actually call him, he'll text back in reply.]]

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[fingersandteeth]

[Steven can feel his face heat up.]

I meant my friends. And the Winter Courtiers who found us. Not. Not everyone. I know I'm an egotist but I'm not. I'm not that bad. [Jack-level, he'd call it, if he still wasn't self-conscious about how much he talked about his boyfriend.]

And-- it's not wrong, you know. That you didn't... I mean, of course you were tired. Why wouldn't you be?

I didn't realise I switched styles, gomen

[asmywitness]

He smirks at Steven's blush. And he knows that question's probably rhetorical, but he stil glances away anyway, carefully neutral.

I don't know. I'm just used to being more on top of shit like that. I'm used to being responsible, you know?

Re: I didn't realise I switched styles, gomen

[fingersandteeth]

Yeah, Steven signs back, once Tyler looks back. I know.

Well. If you ever want to learn about pledgecraft, I can try and pass on the shit I learned. You'd probably be good at it. You've got a logical mind.

Yes, let's change the subject a little. It's for the best.

[asmywitness]

Yeah, but I don't want to. If I wanted to fuck with contracts for a living I would have studied law. And believe me, that was an option I got pushed towards as a kid.

[fingersandteeth]

I can believe that, actually, Steven says after a moment. It's one of those very respectable jobs that make people good money.

[asmywitness]

Good money to help support the family, he says, with a wry twist of his mouth above his hands. But only if you break into the field, and I'm already at a severe disadvantage that most people won't look past even with actual discrimination laws. At least with publishing I can make my own choices on who I have to work for, for the most part.

[fingersandteeth]

Well, yeah, Steven agrees. Plus, lawyers are supposed to talk all the time and most juries are not known for being full of people who know sign.