[ME] Be Our Guest

At Remi’s smirk, Loren flushed slightly. They’d fooled around a few times before he’d chickened out and ghosted the engineer (not cool, he knew, but then again, neither was he, though he’d apologized profusely for it after the fact). Now the journalist never knew how to act around Remi. The blush got even worse when the other man followed Loren to the kitchen. So he was quite grateful when some new arrivals showed up, including a familiar face. Sunjata came right in and headed straight towards Remi and Ronin. At the boxer’s comment about the article, the journalist blinked, surprise writ large on his features though he quickly schooled them into a much less embarrassing expression. ”Oh. Thank you. I ah, wasn’t aware anyone had, um actually read the article.” Not used to people having seen his work, he ran a nervous hand through his hair. Ice cream and berries deposited in the fridge, he turned around and headed back to the rest of the guests. He was just in time for the...outburst? quip? snipe? snarky comment from the redhead. Loren glanced at Bastien and Rexanna, wondering how they planned to handle the situation. Indeed, the host swiftly stepped in to diffuse the tension. Still, seeing as he’d been invited, he figured the least he could do was run a bit of interference as well. Nathaniel (as one of the men the journalist didn’t know was apparently called) was taken care of, which left the man who’d gotten snippy. Luckily, the redhead’s voice had clued the journalist into the other man’s identity. Kind of. Approaching almost a bit shyly and certainly a bit awkward, Loren smiled faintly. ”Hey. You’re that actor, right? Wordsmith, er, Worth? I saw you in The Tempest, you were fantastic.” His tone was probably a bit too earnest, but then again, so was he. LOREN Books over brawn