( he makes an odd noise when she says he's doing it wrong. it's not quite a laugh and it's not quite disgruntlement, it's something that sits in-between, unbidden and without thought, entirely despite himself. nedda has chastised him more than once, muttered something pointed about how mr. grant appreciated the finer things, the unasked question of what and how marc spector didn't hanging between them — or more accurately, hanging between nedda and samuels and marc and steven, with marlene and jean-paul sat on the periphery playing at mediation.
what there is, is the barest crook of a bemused smile. if wanda were reese, he'd push back more overtly, the sort of deliberate refusal that the both of them have come to know is for appearances only — but wanda isn't, and all they have is this odd back-and-forth, difficult and taut with only the subtlest hints of understanding, and so marc inhales a breath before accepting the box of tea.
the arch of his brows is dubious and challenging before he exhales. an odd, awkward jerk of his hand implies that if he wasn't currently holding a jar of coffee in one, the box of tea in the other, he'd be more animated and decisive, before— ) My housekeeper was Scottish. ( defensive, but not genuinely so. that marc doesn't sound or look remotely like the sort of man to have a housekeeper is something he hopes won't be lingered on. ) Think I know how to brew tea.
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what there is, is the barest crook of a bemused smile. if wanda were reese, he'd push back more overtly, the sort of deliberate refusal that the both of them have come to know is for appearances only — but wanda isn't, and all they have is this odd back-and-forth, difficult and taut with only the subtlest hints of understanding, and so marc inhales a breath before accepting the box of tea.
the arch of his brows is dubious and challenging before he exhales. an odd, awkward jerk of his hand implies that if he wasn't currently holding a jar of coffee in one, the box of tea in the other, he'd be more animated and decisive, before— ) My housekeeper was Scottish. ( defensive, but not genuinely so. that marc doesn't sound or look remotely like the sort of man to have a housekeeper is something he hopes won't be lingered on. ) Think I know how to brew tea.
( —he does not. )