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[feathersfly]

"Hey, you've reached Hawks! Guess I'm busy right now. Drop me a message and I'll get back to you."

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[heir_conditioned]

[Shoto isn't subtle in some ways, even when he's trying to be, regarding Enji Todoroki. He's also thankful to see that the conversation isn't swerving back to his father, too.

Oh. Okay, that's a really cool offer.]

Having it here would be nice, too. My Sinistea enjoys collecting things and I think that would be great for his and my joint collection. I have no doubt in your capabilities. If I did, I wouldn't contact you.

[But no give him a second again. HERO TO HERO? HANDSOME? That one's definitely just for show, but he'll take it. In fact, Shoto will take that hero to hero compliment and let it bowl him over while he's being otherwise as relaxed as he can about it.]

I think that's a challenge I won't try to meet, being the weirdest fan. Even still, I'm sure that they're mostly harmless. If not, then there is appropriate ways to de-escalate most situations.

[feathersfly]

then i'll make sure to give you two, so you guys don't have to share. [Old PR habits die hard, and it's hard for Hawks not to use his most ingratiating persona here. He supposes it's not really fake, per se - doing something as simple as giving a couple autographs to a kid he likes, who's obviously a fan of his, is an easy way to make someone happy, and he's happy to do it. He just can't shut off the part of him that was trained to present a positive hero image to the world, so he feels faintly phony somehow. Sometimes it's hard for him to tell his personal feelings apart from his programming, and he hates the blurred lines.

Also, that line about Shouto being handsome was simply a model - and a man well-educated in the area of public images - recognizing someone who's got the makings of a teen idol when he sees one. He's sure Shouto probably has fans of his looks already, especially with all the publicity he got at the sports festival.]

considering we're trained to handle villains, any hero worth their salt is going to be able to handle even the weirdest of fans. even the worst of them can't be more dangerous than our normal line of work, after all.

[heir_conditioned]

[Normally Hojicha and Shoto share most things, but there's no way someone here or anywhere should be stupid enough to say no on that matter.]

Thank you, I know you must be a busy person here still as well and it's appreciated.

Hopefully neither of those things ever cross one another. It was enough that someone tried to use my brother to get to my father. I can't imagine a fanatic that isn't just out to cause mayhem.

[feathersfly]

hey, it's not like two autographs are going to take me any kind of time at all. just make sure to pick something good for me to sign!

i wouldn't worry too much about that. someone who's overly idolizing heroes is rarely going to be heavily into the villain line of work, after all.