"That's me," Steve said cheerfully enough. There was a time and a place for swearing, he did it, but he didn't do it out in the open, disrespecting everyone and everything like that.
Richie didn't look ready to keel over then and there, so Steve let him off this time. Sometimes the last thing you wanted when you'd been through some stuff was to take care of yourself, he got that. Because even if he'd showed up without some twisted past which seemed unlikely, he wasn't doing great now.
He laughed and gave a little nod. "Yeah we allow doors, we allow plenty. We don't allow what happened to you though and I'll look into it," Steve said seriously. But clearly he was looking for a little time and space and Steve gave it to him.
While the shower ran he went about starting dinner. Steve had been salvaging cookbooks and went to work on his latest favourite, a vegetarian curry.