#(( damn pat has a smile that could light up a room?? he IS doomed. sdjfksd ))

[luminarot]

@sugarbane said: "well, now. you got a smile that could light up a whole room. you ever been told that before?" sissy's grinning over the top of a cold glass bottle of coke, feet dangling off the chair she occupies. an easy back and forth rhythm to her kicking as she watches. "bet you have. tons. am i right?"

If Patrick had been smiling before, he's absolutely beaming now; warm brown eyes crinkled at the corners, settling somewhere between flattery and humor as he leans against the bar counter. ( He can definitely say he’s had worse introductions. )

Roadside diners like this are about a dime a dozen, popping up along the highways in small towns and pit stops that only sometimes welcome the merry band of hippies into their temporary fold ― but he can always count on a joint like this to have some character, at least. And it’s the little interactions like this that keep Patrick coming back for more, hungry for new experience and chance encounters with all kinds of people. Getting a compliment doesn’t hurt, either.

"Not in so many words, but I think they put something like that in my yearbook," he quips, even though he hadn't stuck around long enough to start signing glossy pages, the ink still drying on the press while his van kicked up a cloud of dust. "Has anyone ever told you you're a real sweet-talker? You sure know how to get on a guy's good side." His head tilts, smile lingering. "What's your name, sunshine?"