immortaltess:

Hearing his laugh, Tessa couldn’t help but smile
at herself too. She was glad to meet someone
like him. “So tell me about yourself, Guardian Belikov.”

Despite what people might say about
him & his anti-social ways, he liked
seeing strangers smile. There was
something uplifting about it. “Well,”
he began, a humorous glint in his eye,
“I am watching this entrance,” motioning
briefly towards the door, he continued,
“so I really shouldn’t be making conversation.”