"Can't I just kick him off the roof? He's fire, he'll survive!" Marco whistled back in phoenix, almost deadpan.
Truth told though he was intensely relieved to see Thatch come to the rescue. Ace was still pissing him off somehow. The laugh felt too forced, as though for Thatch and Marco's benefit and Marco was too tempted to remind the kid yet again that they'd seen and lived through his darker moods and hadn't fallen apart from it, so they could sure as hell survive it now.
Still... just as always, maybe the smiles weren't for his benefit and were so that they could start to become real. Maybe.
Marco went to affectionately pushed Ace's hat brim down. Even if Ace isn't wearing a hat. Fight him. "What can I say, eh? I was seduced by the freckles." That was extremely deadpan, of course.
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Truth told though he was intensely relieved to see Thatch come to the rescue. Ace was still pissing him off somehow. The laugh felt too forced, as though for Thatch and Marco's benefit and Marco was too tempted to remind the kid yet again that they'd seen and lived through his darker moods and hadn't fallen apart from it, so they could sure as hell survive it now.
Still... just as always, maybe the smiles weren't for his benefit and were so that they could start to become real. Maybe.
Marco went to affectionately pushed Ace's hat brim down. Even if Ace isn't wearing a hat. Fight him. "What can I say, eh? I was seduced by the freckles." That was extremely deadpan, of course.