Cute, she said. Sean made that low whistling sound again as he tried to ignore the fact that his face was feeling kind of warm while also vaguely wondering when was the last time he actually blushed? Actually, probably around a girl. No. Definitely around a girl. Back in Boston, where that pretty much would have been the cue for his cousin to swoop in and charm her into totally forgetting that Sean was still standing there. Suddenly, he was really glad that, in this world, there was no Tom.
"Cool." ...what? Never mind. It was easy enough to turn that into just laughing. "My real dad was kind of like that, too. Like he...really did just throw me in the water." Also into sports and the boxing ring and, more generally, into life but, well, that was just how parenting worked back home. "I think Ma almost had a heart attack." Yeah, not really the sort of thing people usually discussed their first time talking to a pretty girl on whom they were maybe starting to develop a bit of a crush. He was never going to hear the end of this, if anyone else ever found out. And let's be honest, Alex ever showed up, he'd probably spill the first chance they got to just sit back and relax.
Sean just laughed again, letting himself grin more easily, even as the Manor started coming into view. "Anyway, you know, I'm pretty good at getting my hands on things I probably shouldn't. So who knows?" That sounded...a little weird.