[ As soon as Steph is fully inside, he shuts the door and locks it, even throws the deadbolt. It doesn’t come off quite as paranoid as it could, as he’s busy taking a series of sips to down about a quarter of the espresso. Tim likes coffee on a normal day, but the past few days, he’s been doing a good impersonation of a complete caffeine addict. It’s how he’s acting like he’s been awake for 18 hours when it’s at least 36. He looks like it’s been 48 hours since his head touched a pillow. Peaky.

Still, he can appreciate the upgrade from the kitchen coffee machine to real espresso. ]

Thanks. We won’t tell Bart I stole it. This is his place. I’m just here on vacation.

[ He’ll just slide that in there while waving an arm at the room as a whole to keep the focus on the apartment. ]

This is what the assigned housing for the Guardian Alliance. Maybe just the ones in Little Love. I don’t know. I’m not a member, so I’m in a regular apartment in Central City.

[ There is nothing regular about his disaster studio. ]