I don't want to sound cocky, but you definitely made a good choice of dinner not-date there.

[Eddie can't help the bright, slightly mischievous little grin he shoots Curtis, especially when the other man's hand claps against his shoulder, and he starts off. There's no denying that, even if Eddie is not at all ready to date, not ready to even think about dating, Curtis is cute, in that lanky nerdy way that Eddie's definitely started to be able to pick out from his time helping out at S.T.A.R. Labs. And maybe appreciate a little more than he ever would've before.

When Curtis abruptly asks about half-right, Eddie laughs, bright and sudden.]

Oh, about not being gay. Half-right.

[Eddie shrugs. It's nothing he feels self-conscious about, nothing he ever has, really, not since somewhere around the end of high school. That self-consciousness was one that he shed with the pounds he lost while boxing. So he just grins and shakes Curtis' hand in return.]

Nice to meet you too. So. What kind of world did you come from? I hear there's a pretty crazy variety around here.