"... shit." Sean had really been hoping he could get through this without ever actually seeing Alex. He hadn't wanted to actually see how different this Alex was from the man he knew and loved. But apparently the universe was really not going to give him what he wanted.
"So much for him not knowing." Sean wasn't going to back down. He wasn't going to start anything, no, but he would do what he had to.
He'd do what he had to, and once he got back home he'd just take up serious recreational drinking again. No big deal.