[video]

[sharpes]

[Brandon looks, for all intents and purposes, bored as hell.]

You know what this place really needs?

[Bit of a pause. Purely for dramatic effect, you understand. He is an actor.]

Twitter.

And if you have to ask me what that is, you're seriously dead to me. Like. Don't even try.

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[video]

[wholenewstory]

So - surprised.

[And then her face lights up.] Lightning? Can you - make it?

[video]

[sharpes]

[He conjures a little ball of it obligingly. Brandon's a show-off. And ever since Steph's reaction to his ability...

He's... actually been a little proud of it. In a more honest way than he used to be.]

[video]

[wholenewstory]

[Her eyes go wide as she grins.]

Neat.

[video]

[sharpes]

[He... actually grins back.]

Yeah?

[video]

[wholenewstory]

[A firm nod.] Yeah.

[...And then, a slight tilt of her head.] Do you - fight?

[video]

[sharpes]

[His body language shifts. Guilt, resolve, fear-- it's all there, though everthing's muted somehow. Like he's good at hiding what he's really thinking.]

When I have to, I guess.