( he’s, funnily enough, extremely perceptive. he can’t quite name the emotion, but there’s a certain crinkle in grimm’s eyes that he reads into but wordlessly pockets to ruminate on later — ) … cut the shit , we know it’s … ( he makes a face. ) it’s bad.

( he takes a few pretzels and shoves them in his mouth before scanning through one of the notebooks, eyes landing on a particular page . he snorts, holding it out for grimm to see . it's a shitty doodle of a very grumpy arthur . ) snrk - +

( ah .. the notebooks of his f&f notes and the journal of things that make him feel a little less sorrowful. obviously he doesn’t know that, but there’s a lingering sense of familiarity and a sparkle in his eye . he takes the books happily . ) oh , shit — thanks !! honestly … i