That face makes him feel like he’s winning, which is such a good feeling. It also activates some kind of really annoying cutenesss aggression response that makes him want to bring this up forever in whatever subtle way he can think of. Some guys are just so fun to poke and poke and poke and poke and poke! (Even if they’re murderers).

“Yer secret’s safe with meee, Sparkles,” the Stars have evolved as he’s more endeared. His nicknaming logic is a complicated thing, “I won’t let anyone know ya miiiight have TikTok downloaded, gehehehee!“
“Ohhohoh, and he’s a Chicago boy! A Chicago accountant, real swanky!” He says swanky in a way like it is not a word he uses often but feels it fits specifically this sentence. It’s just so swanky. “And he’s got important meetings; it’s so fun, talkin’ t’ a fella in a whole other pay bracket, geheheh.”