[He chuckled and shrugged, sipping his new drink. Steve gave the man a smile that had charmed thousands more than once, though that wasn't really his intent. He made his offer with the hope James would take him up on it. It would mean the guy actually cared enough to be curious about him, and that might lead to real friendship. Steve had hopes that maybe a big part of James' attitude was just a lack of decent friends, people who'd be a good influence and offer him support and stability. That could work wonders on people sometimes.]


Yeah, I get that. You can just tell me to mind my own business if it's prying. Just because I wanna know doesn't mean you hafta tell me. No reason you can't ask your own questions either for that matter, though I may not answer. Kinda unusual to find a bad subject though. I'm pretty open as a rule.