"Oh, what a rapscallion! Kidnapping girls!" Ashton couldn't help but laugh. Even though he'd heard some pretty bad things about Axel, time and time again he always came through for him, and Ashton certainly wasn't one to dwell on past deeds. Everyone had a little bit of good and a little bit of bad in them.
Then the cute girl went and sat next to him, and Ashton had to fight hard not to blush. To think that someone would sit next to him over the much-more-attractive Axel? It wasn't like that sort of thing mattered to him anymore, but it still felt like a small victory nonetheless.
...She might be just Ashton's type if she were a little bit older.
He nodded interestedly as she spoke, reaching down and picking up one of his boots, sticking a foot deep down in and beginning the arduous process of buckling it up perfectly. "Dragging through a portal? I don't know what that is. Is that like dragging someone through the mud?" His joke was a little stilted, but he wasn't used to joking at all in the first place: something he'd tried to pick up from his roommate.
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Then the cute girl went and sat next to him, and Ashton had to fight hard not to blush. To think that someone would sit next to him over the much-more-attractive Axel? It wasn't like that sort of thing mattered to him anymore, but it still felt like a small victory nonetheless.
...She might be just Ashton's type if she were a little bit older.
He nodded interestedly as she spoke, reaching down and picking up one of his boots, sticking a foot deep down in and beginning the arduous process of buckling it up perfectly. "Dragging through a portal? I don't know what that is. Is that like dragging someone through the mud?" His joke was a little stilted, but he wasn't used to joking at all in the first place: something he'd tried to pick up from his roommate.