[ the hand isn't shrugged off, but his shoulder does tense under the touch, and he forces himself to push out a steady breath. he was never angry, but he's starting to understand alex's upset is specific to amos and that sits better with him. he nods though he doesn't necessarily feel bad for alex for "inflicting" the other man onto him. maybe he needed to be scared a little in this situation, and as much as he likes to pretend otherwise, frank is so not the scared straight guy.
slowly, he starts to relax, leaning towards alex as if on a string. everyone's okay - safe. alex will consult him, he promises. though frank will believe that when he sees it. he can accept this at face value for now; can be appreciative of the other man being here at all. he could've just written frank off altogether and it wouldn't exactly be unreasonable. one broad hand touches at alex's elbow for stability as he leans forward into alex's space, his forehead pressing to the other man's. that seems to do the trick, and suddenly he's leaning against him like dead weight (or 1/3 of it anyway), all of the stress pouring out of him like helium from a balloon. ]
Okay. [ it's belated, a grunt of acknowledgment. max gleans that nothing is going to happen in terms of violence, so he lays down on the floor and shuts his eyes. humans are weird, he seems to say, cracking an eyeball up at them after a moment. (yep, still weird.) ]
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slowly, he starts to relax, leaning towards alex as if on a string. everyone's okay - safe. alex will consult him, he promises. though frank will believe that when he sees it. he can accept this at face value for now; can be appreciative of the other man being here at all. he could've just written frank off altogether and it wouldn't exactly be unreasonable. one broad hand touches at alex's elbow for stability as he leans forward into alex's space, his forehead pressing to the other man's. that seems to do the trick, and suddenly he's leaning against him like dead weight (or 1/3 of it anyway), all of the stress pouring out of him like helium from a balloon. ]
Okay. [ it's belated, a grunt of acknowledgment. max gleans that nothing is going to happen in terms of violence, so he lays down on the floor and shuts his eyes. humans are weird, he seems to say, cracking an eyeball up at them after a moment. (yep, still weird.) ]