Re: Rafe/Gabe - Cabanas - 7:45 p.m.
Rafe's broad smile split wider still at the sound of his friend's voice. He raised his glass in returned toast, turning slightly in his chair to better watch Gabriel's approach. Quite pointedly his gaze did not linger anywhere in particular, flitting over Gabe's form only briefly before solidly fixing on his face.
"Of course not," he said. He sat up a little straighter, scattering ash to the lounge chair and the ground in his wake. "I'm glad you could join us. Where's your plus one? Or were we not allowed those..."
He ignored the ache in his chest at his own words, the hurt he still felt, filling both voids and his traitorous, yammering mouth with a generous sip from his glass. Eshan's unwelcome face retreated from memory as his varied forms of intoxication crept back up.