neilabramjcsten:

“you spend all this time watching our backs,” neil said. “who’s watching yours? don’t say you are, because you and i both know you take shit care of yourself.”

“you have a hearing problem,” andrew deduced. “too many balls to the helmet, perhaps. can you read lips?” andrew pinted at his mouth as he spoke. “the next time someone comes for you, stand down and let me deal with it. do you understand?”

“if it means losing you, then no,” neil said.

“i hate you,” andrew said casually. he took a last long drag from his cigarette and flicked it off the roof. “you were supposed to be a side effect of the drugs.”

“i’m not a hallucination,” neil said, nonplussed.

“you are a pipe dream,” andrew said.