[He's not sure whether to be impressed or just - resigned, because this kind of overkill smacks of someone desperate to impress or apologize or, actually, he's pretty sure it's just apologize. For whatever goddamned reason. Never mind that it should be Tim doing the apologizing, not that he's bothering to do so.]
[Why is Jay even bothering?]
[Tim hooks the can of...whatever it is from the floor, squinting at the innocuous brand. It looks vaguely like something he might've seen other kids drinking during classes, the pop-hiss of a cracking tab and the fizzle of carbonation in the open campus air.]
no subject
[He's not sure whether to be impressed or just - resigned, because this kind of overkill smacks of someone desperate to impress or apologize or, actually, he's pretty sure it's just apologize. For whatever goddamned reason. Never mind that it should be Tim doing the apologizing, not that he's bothering to do so.]
[Why is Jay even bothering?]
[Tim hooks the can of...whatever it is from the floor, squinting at the innocuous brand. It looks vaguely like something he might've seen other kids drinking during classes, the pop-hiss of a cracking tab and the fizzle of carbonation in the open campus air.]
...why?