betrayal ask meme ; accepting !
"oh, doctor! what a pleasant surprise!" leave it to sander cohen to treat the disgruntled plastic surgeon like he was receiving a social visit. the city may be crumbling around him, but the artist's apartment in olympus heights was a regular oasis. or at least, he was pretending it was. soft music lilted from his phonograph, several bottles of arcadia merlot were set out as if he were expecting a party, there was even a small stash of rapture-made cocaine on his kitchen counter. he hadn't even been expecting steinman. but alas -- the more the merrier! cohen ushered the man inside, placing a kiss on either of his cheeks, leaving behind the faintest stain of red lipstick. it was like he was immune to the anger on steinman's face as he poured them each a glass of wine. "after everything we’ve been through? seriously?" steinman finally blurted out, causing sander to look up, raising a well-manicured eyebrow carefully. oh, he must have heard. his little secret is out! "oh? is this about your little butterfly?" sander teased, as if he didn't know the exact reason the good doctor was in his apartment. a smile broke his red lips, and he held out the glass of wine, dangling it playfully in front of steinman. "oh, don't be mad, darling. it just. . . came up! -- you know how i just love gossip. and the look on ryan's face was just -- oh, you would have eaten it up! i should have taken a photo." cohen sighed wistfully, leaning on his counter to down half of his own wine glass. the look on his face shifted -- something else there other than silly gabbling. would steinman realize he'd let this little information slip on purpose? that it was all stemmed from jealousy? "how was i supposed to know you wanted to keep your little affair with ryan's butterfly a secret, hm?"
@ofhatred for steinman <3
