Things between Leonard and Mick were...steady. Constant. Which was kind of a theme where Mick was concerned and Leonard really liked that about him. Especially with this new, extra layer of...something between them. He still doesn't really know what he's doing, or where it might go, but Mick is patient with him so he doesn't really feel like he has to rush it.
When Lewis burst into the room making wild assumptions--that maybe were a little more true than Leonard was completely ready to admit--he completely shut down. A fake laugh and a comment casting off his dad's concerns with a joke about how he didn't have to worry about that. Lewis didn't notice the nearly vacant look in his son's eyes when he continued with his jokes out the door. Leonard knew he could never, ever let this kind of almost-mistake happen again.
It's a week before he finds his way back on Mick's doorstep, no Lisa this time. "Hey," there's something stiff and stilted in the way he's holding himself and the jerky nod to Mick's question probably doesn't help much. "Yeah. I mean-- as okay as we ever are. She's, um- visiting my grandfather for the day."
There's a beat. Two. Three.
"Can I come in?" Not really something he's ever expressly asked before. Just another part of the awkward charge in the air between them right now.
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Date: 2018-01-04 02:41 am (UTC)When Lewis burst into the room making wild assumptions--that maybe were a little more true than Leonard was completely ready to admit--he completely shut down. A fake laugh and a comment casting off his dad's concerns with a joke about how he didn't have to worry about that. Lewis didn't notice the nearly vacant look in his son's eyes when he continued with his jokes out the door. Leonard knew he could never, ever let this kind of almost-mistake happen again.
It's a week before he finds his way back on Mick's doorstep, no Lisa this time. "Hey," there's something stiff and stilted in the way he's holding himself and the jerky nod to Mick's question probably doesn't help much. "Yeah. I mean-- as okay as we ever are. She's, um- visiting my grandfather for the day."
There's a beat.
Two.
Three.
"Can I come in?" Not really something he's ever expressly asked before. Just another part of the awkward charge in the air between them right now.