“I mean, I don’t want you to get the wrong idea about us. We aren’t all dumb hicks who like starting fights and like poking fun at people, you know?” Evan shuffles his feet. “Just, one bad experience shouldn’t, uh, sour you on the rest of us, right?”
Evan looks up to see Weir chewing on his bottom lip. Evan pastes on what his mom calls his winning smile.
The kid stuffs the water bottle into his purse-thing and glides gracefully to his feet. Evan reflexively takes a step back. Personal space must not be a big thing in Russia.
“And by ‘the rest of us’, you mean...”
“Uh, Americans,” Evan frowns. “We aren’t all trigger-happy xenophobes. Kowalski’s a douche. So, you know, I hope what he doesn’t make you think that all Americans are intolerant of different cultures and stuff.”
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Date: 2016-04-04 08:26 pm (UTC)Evan looks up to see Weir chewing on his bottom lip. Evan pastes on what his mom calls his winning smile.
The kid stuffs the water bottle into his purse-thing and glides gracefully to his feet. Evan reflexively takes a step back. Personal space must not be a big thing in Russia.
“And by ‘the rest of us’, you mean...”
“Uh, Americans,” Evan frowns. “We aren’t all trigger-happy xenophobes. Kowalski’s a douche. So, you know, I hope what he doesn’t make you think that all Americans are intolerant of different cultures and stuff.”