Hank looked up, amusement in his eyes and across his lips. "That's because you didn't know Charles back then. Sometimes, this room wouldn't have been big enough to hold his ego. He," he touched his temple lightly, "and assumed. The problem is, what he assumed was wrong - that my coworkers knew what I was. He didn't mean to do what he did, but he couldn't have looked more surprised when he realized what he had done." Hence how he had 'gotten one over' on Charles. "...He's grown a lot since then. We all have." They had been forced to, in many ways.
It was about as deep as he was willing to tell about Charles. Innocent things, nothing that could give someone a great advantage over his friend. There was a part of Hank that was and always would be protective of Charles and that had nothing to do with his disability. They had been through hell and back, seen each other at his lowest point.
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Hank looked up, amusement in his eyes and across his lips. "That's because you didn't know Charles back then. Sometimes, this room wouldn't have been big enough to hold his ego. He," he touched his temple lightly, "and assumed. The problem is, what he assumed was wrong - that my coworkers knew what I was. He didn't mean to do what he did, but he couldn't have looked more surprised when he realized what he had done." Hence how he had 'gotten one over' on Charles. "...He's grown a lot since then. We all have." They had been forced to, in many ways.
It was about as deep as he was willing to tell about Charles. Innocent things, nothing that could give someone a great advantage over his friend. There was a part of Hank that was and always would be protective of Charles and that had nothing to do with his disability. They had been through hell and back, seen each other at his lowest point.