Course, [ charles repeats, like it's a foregone conclusion, him just giving junpei as much time as he needs on this.
and then — well, here's the thing: if there's one thing to know about charles rowland, it's that you can never, ever give him a challenge. because he absolutely cannot and will not back down from it, and so when junpei says you think you can pick me up —
charles grins. it's not a particularly reassuring grin.
and really, junpei's right to have doubts: charles, with his build that can only be described as "slight", his wiry, lanky muscles that don't even seem particularly defined, looks for all the world like someone who wouldn't be your first pick for, well, picking someone up. ]
No, [ he says in response, ] Because I'm the brawn part of our agency.
[ he's pushed himself into a squat between one heartbeat and the next, and then he's sliding one arm under junpei's legs and one behind his back and saying, ] Leave the beer, [ before quite simply scooping him up in a full-on bridal carry right there, and then just rising up from his squat to his full height like it's absolutely no effort at all.
once he's fully upright, he just beams at junpei, though it's a tad smug. ]
the way i went "oh god" and then immediately segued into "i can make this worse"
and then — well, here's the thing: if there's one thing to know about charles rowland, it's that you can never, ever give him a challenge. because he absolutely cannot and will not back down from it, and so when junpei says you think you can pick me up —
charles grins. it's not a particularly reassuring grin.
and really, junpei's right to have doubts: charles, with his build that can only be described as "slight", his wiry, lanky muscles that don't even seem particularly defined, looks for all the world like someone who wouldn't be your first pick for, well, picking someone up. ]
No, [ he says in response, ] Because I'm the brawn part of our agency.
[ he's pushed himself into a squat between one heartbeat and the next, and then he's sliding one arm under junpei's legs and one behind his back and saying, ] Leave the beer, [ before quite simply scooping him up in a full-on bridal carry right there, and then just rising up from his squat to his full height like it's absolutely no effort at all.
once he's fully upright, he just beams at junpei, though it's a tad smug. ]