Lorcan's first reaction to Stephen's appearance was annoyance. He couldn't hide it either, in the way his nose wrinkled and lip curled. Annoyance was his second, third and fourth reaction as well.
He couldn't help it, the man was just the biggest prat who was ever a prat. And it wasn't as if he'd been having a great time before, but with the man's appearance whatever enjoyment of the evening that was left was gone suddenly.
"That's not a nice thing to say about a friend," Lorcan said, frowning. Coming from Stephen, a statement like that seemed condescending, even if moments before they'd been talking about his own brother, and if he'd been intimate with Patrick. It hadn't seemed so rude then.
He'd had just enough champagne to speak his mind, and he coudln't stop himself from saying exactly what he was thinking. "You're a giant prat. I'd only been trying to help. "