[ come away to the water - plot with mickey ]

[zayden]

[align=center][div style="width: 550px; text-align: justify; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 8.3pt; letter-spacing: .3px; line-height: 1.35;"]this is really rushed, but perhaps he and zayden would get on? he has a lot of the friendliness and charm that mickey has buried over the years once he gets to know somebody, and is compassionate enough to know how to respond to people who are more distant than warm. he doesn’t smoke as much as he used to, either, but he would in a social situation? sort of like drinking, but he’s more liberal with alcohol than he is with cigarettes. he also intimately knows the difficulties that can accompany coming out, first to yourself and then to others — though he was (relatively) lucky, he still has empathy for those who aren’t, and if he finds out, he can lend an understanding ear because of his own experiences. regardless, i feel like there could be some chemistry.