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[alwaysroomforhope]

Steph's in the Bar again, sprawled across a couch, reading.

It's a book on Arthurian History, and her eyes are a little glazed, but she's determined to get through it.

Don't ask why.

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He blinks.

"O...kay."

Turnabout isnt fairply. Right. Teenage girls. God save me from them...

He goes back to eating.

[alwaysroomforhope]

There's a double standard, sure enough. And always will be, for girls like Steph. For most girls, actually. It's inappropriate to make personal remarks on anyone's appearance, but it's more so when it comes from an adult male to a teenage girl - regardless of how fair it is - and particularly when said girl is Steph, who took years to be comfortable even standing in a room with strange men after being abused as a child.

She wraps her arms around her knees and watches him eat, absently, thoughts distant. Not unpleasant; just distant. She's dwelling on Zuko. For a change.

[conflictedhero.livejournal.com]

He didnt make a remark on how she looked. She chose to interpret it that way when he was going to merely jokingly try to pawn off the food from Bar. Maybe it sounded that way, but it wasnt meant that way. And nobody ever said Bruce was brilliant at conversation. he isnt. Never has been.

Anyway...

He glances at her once as he eats, but keeps his silence. After being shut down in conversation, he tends to withdraw. Soon, he too is lost in thought, thinking about his upcoming work.