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"And I thought I was doing alright until Mateo imposed a curfew on the apartment. On my apartment." Ronin scoffs, running his finger around the rim of his wine glass and sighing hard enough that it fluffs up the flop of dark hair against his forehead. "Mm...? Oh - oh, shit, of course." Cringing, he hides his discomfort by WINE gazing up at the ceiling and taking a sip of his drink.
"Well, just in case, I will tell Mateo that you would like your place to be a drug-free household. He rarely takes things personally, but he also rarely thinks about them beforehand either," he murmurs, only to smile back at her as she opens up about Ever and Mateo. Humming in agreement, he sets his glass back down.
"And this is such a weird age, haven't you found? Sometimes Mateo is like he was when he was tiny, just wanting comfort and to be close to us and for us to tell him what to do. And other times I feel like we're his lodgers rather than his parents."
"Well, just in case, I will tell Mateo that you would like your place to be a drug-free household. He rarely takes things personally, but he also rarely thinks about them beforehand either," he murmurs, only to smile back at her as she opens up about Ever and Mateo. Humming in agreement, he sets his glass back down.
"And this is such a weird age, haven't you found? Sometimes Mateo is like he was when he was tiny, just wanting comfort and to be close to us and for us to tell him what to do. And other times I feel like we're his lodgers rather than his parents."
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