[There are worlds where this encounter goes a lot worse: where this is happening right after the Night with the Thing and Mickey is still feeling defensive and panicky; where Mickey had gone to bed right after Gene had left, and so Gene is still the most recent mistake on his mind. He'd gone on to do way stupider things, though, and somehow the world still hasn't exploded or anything in the aftermath. He feels like shit, but not because of Gene.
The upshot is that Mickey is incredibly ill at ease, but his first instinct isn't to lash out again just yet. Instead, he shrugs, looking basically anywhere but at Gene's face.]
Yeah. Yeah. Just-- you know.
[He holds up his phone and makes a click click sound with his tongue, which... may or may not mean photo to a guy who predates him by seventy years.]
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The upshot is that Mickey is incredibly ill at ease, but his first instinct isn't to lash out again just yet. Instead, he shrugs, looking basically anywhere but at Gene's face.]
Yeah. Yeah. Just-- you know.
[He holds up his phone and makes a click click sound with his tongue, which... may or may not mean photo to a guy who predates him by seventy years.]