"Our pleasure," Astarion says, low and teasing, but then his expression softens; his eyes crease at the corners when he smiles genuinely. "Thank you, Rosita. This...isn't how I expected the evening to go, but it's...much better than I might have anticipated."
"Uh huh," he agrees with a nod. "I mean, I had hoped it might end this way." Teasing again, but with more than a hint of sincerity behind it. "Maybe not with Garth Brooks in the background, though," he says, pushing himself up to retrieve his phone, which, now that they're quiet, he can hear playing softly in the background.
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"Our pleasure," Astarion says, low and teasing, but then his expression softens; his eyes crease at the corners when he smiles genuinely. "Thank you, Rosita. This...isn't how I expected the evening to go, but it's...much better than I might have anticipated."
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