[For a second, she's bracing herself to get in trouble, because she realizes it was kind of an asshole thing to say about someone who's dead, even if Jack wasn't exactly kind to her.
Which makes his actual reply even more surprising, and he gets treated to a brief deer-in-the-headlights look from Steph, her grip tightening in his hand, on his shoulder, as she tries not to stumble.
She manages, but probably only because Bruce is a good dancer.]
I don't-- [she closes her mouth, frowning at him almost in indignation now that the shock has passed, as if she's annoyed at him for surprising her.] You're not allowed to do that.
[by "that" she means "be nice to her", apparently, because she doesn't know what to do with how it makes her feel.]
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Which makes his actual reply even more surprising, and he gets treated to a brief deer-in-the-headlights look from Steph, her grip tightening in his hand, on his shoulder, as she tries not to stumble.
She manages, but probably only because Bruce is a good dancer.]
I don't-- [she closes her mouth, frowning at him almost in indignation now that the shock has passed, as if she's annoyed at him for surprising her.] You're not allowed to do that.
[by "that" she means "be nice to her", apparently, because she doesn't know what to do with how it makes her feel.]