"I don’t steal lighters from corpses as a habit," she said, faintly scandalized that he would even suggest it. "I prefer to avoid corpses. This corpse stole my lighter. Special circumstances." She'd stolen it from someone else, first, but that had been a month ago and this was a record in terms of ownership as far as she was concerned.
She cackled when he accused her of being underage, smoke billowing around her face, not remotely ladylike. It was the kind of laugh that seemed like she ought to put a hand in front of it just for safety, but she never bothered. "Twenty-five," she corrected, tilting her head sideways as she watched his face. "Got the I.D. and the middle school raver pants to prove it."
Oh, but he wasn't trying to give her the mountain lion line. Cops loved the mountain lion line. Made no fucking sense, in a city like this, but they always went for mountain lion. He might not be entirely a dumbfuck, after all.
Nadine tended to just assume that everyone who wasn't her was a dumbfuck. She was usually right. Even geniuses had an astonishing capacity for dumbfuckery. She took a long drag on her cigarette, deep into her lungs to make her chest rise and fall beneath the softness of her sweater.
"Dean," she said automatically, because she was always Dean when she was bad. "So where are you going, crankycuffs? If there's loud music and liquor you're still going my way."
She cackled when he accused her of being underage, smoke billowing around her face, not remotely ladylike. It was the kind of laugh that seemed like she ought to put a hand in front of it just for safety, but she never bothered. "Twenty-five," she corrected, tilting her head sideways as she watched his face. "Got the I.D. and the middle school raver pants to prove it."
Oh, but he wasn't trying to give her the mountain lion line. Cops loved the mountain lion line. Made no fucking sense, in a city like this, but they always went for mountain lion. He might not be entirely a dumbfuck, after all.
Nadine tended to just assume that everyone who wasn't her was a dumbfuck. She was usually right. Even geniuses had an astonishing capacity for dumbfuckery. She took a long drag on her cigarette, deep into her lungs to make her chest rise and fall beneath the softness of her sweater.
"Dean," she said automatically, because she was always Dean when she was bad. "So where are you going, crankycuffs? If there's loud music and liquor you're still going my way."
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