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[ Oh god that face- there'd been hints of it in baby Sam's face when he'd tried to sneak off in the sober light of the morning, he remembers that, but oh christ is it worse on his grown up counterpart. He's seen Locus angry, seen him frustrated and sad and grumpy and happy but this-

It's like a kick in the ribs and all he knows is that he wants to fix things. Rewind the conversation about five minutes so they can just avoid this topic entirely and be whatever they are to one another. ] Okay-

[ Because he's not that guy. Locus wants and needs space and he's going to be grown up and mature and respect that. He is. ]