As soon as Serizawa had sat beside him Shimazaki slung an arm around his shoulders. He was immediately reminded how big the other man was. Shimazaki wasn’t short—he had long since figured that out—but their newest recruit was just that tall.

Not that that daunted him.

It was secondary to Serizawa’s enormous energy just barely dammed up by his thin grip on his own composure. Even with Shimazaki just touching him he could feel a small crack in the dam.

“Have you had your first drink yet?”