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[ After this. ]


Leo feels awful the entire elevator ride up from the parking garage to the seventh floor. He should've just kept his mouth shut and accepted Connor's concern without questioning it, or at worst just ignored it.

Despite being a little judgy and disappointed, Connor's never been an asshole to Leo, even when Leo most definitely deserved it. He's generally treated him like a human being even when Leo was completely iced up. So Leo should know that Connor's probably a decent person. He'd been downright sweet today, in-between the jokes.

And Leo had of course been a complete asshole in return. Figures.

He can't even quite blame it on withdrawal, it's been three weeks since he last smoked red ice, and the worst of his mood swings have subsided by now. But not quite enough to stop him from lashing out, it seems.

The moment he's inside the apartment, he kicks off his shoes as he heads through the hallway, drops his jacket over a chair, gives a vague wave of acknowledgement at Kate, then goes and flops face-first onto the couch. Then he groans loudly into a pillow.

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[kateand]

"Welcome home, Leo," Kate says as soon as he steps inside. She goes to the door as he moves further into the apartment and straightens his trail as she goes - shoes neatly by the door, coat hung on the coat hook instead of over the chair.

That groan is not a positive sign. However, he is not high so she takes that as a sign that it's not something too horrible. She'll never judge him for using (she's not programmed to make judgements) and doesn't have the programming to try to stop him, but she worries [software instability ^] less when he's not.

She goes to sit on the edge of the couch where he's flopped. "Did something happen while you were out? You can talk to me about it if you think it would help."