[ stephen used to pitch in at haven sometimes, in a previous tenure at duplicity; he suspects it’ll come up eventually. for now there’s a sense of somewhat unsettled nostalgia for him as he makes his way through the hospital lobby towards the elevator, a familiarity to the path he takes towards the head administrator’s office.
he knocks on the door before he cracks it open further. stephen isn’t on too different a wavelength for the informality of the occasion: button-down, rich red scarf, jacket thrown on top. it’s a polished look because stephen is always polished, not that kyle has too many bases for comparison--kyle, who’s already seen him shaking and disheveled. at the sight of him stephen’s expression, subdued in the hall, softens into a smile. ]
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he knocks on the door before he cracks it open further. stephen isn’t on too different a wavelength for the informality of the occasion: button-down, rich red scarf, jacket thrown on top. it’s a polished look because stephen is always polished, not that kyle has too many bases for comparison--kyle, who’s already seen him shaking and disheveled. at the sight of him stephen’s expression, subdued in the hall, softens into a smile. ]
Hey, Kyle.