[ His devil-may-care look began to soften at Alec's clarification, as if he was relieved that Alec didn't still think that. He pursed his lips a moment before he looked down at his shot of whiskey and then downed it smoothly before continuing. ]

Some of us are just born with a libido that's through the roof, and some of us use anything- booze, sex, loud music- to distract us from how shit our lives are. [ This is Vex being Real here for a moment, honesty was coming up. ] You weren't wrong, I did hit on everything as crudely as possible just to get a reaction and I didn't care what that reaction was. Sometimes I still don't.

But, when I say it now, that I like your style, I mean it, yeah? Black is sexy, you're tall, handsome, look a bit like Hunter somewhat. I wouldn't go to bed with you, feel a bit like kissing my brother now, but yeah. You're still alright.

[ this was getting Too Real for him and he wanted to blurt out something terrible to ruin the moment, but he couldn't. ]