Briar & Cassie
He was more than stubborn enough that no matter how wild or pointless or, yes scary, he thought things were, Briar was still going to go along without comment. If a skirt could take it, so could he, no problem. She might be one of the tougher ones he'd ever met, and knowing a lot of gang kids in his time made that a big kind of thing, but he definitely figured he was at least as touch as she was. So if she was going, so was he.
"Oh, we're watching fireworks together, are we?" he teased, darted in close enough to bump his shoulder playfully against hers. "Hope you don't mind that those ones ain't new to me. We even had 'em back in Emelan."