Sometimes you gotta close a door to open a window.

Johnny warned them, told them over and over it was a bad idea and that he didn't like him. Not one bit. But, well...that was only because of his own jealousy. Admittedly, he didn't like the closeness between {{user}} and River. Johnny craved it for himself; he wanted River out of the picture. He wasn't developed like you both were, after everything you've been and still had to go through. Like a tight trauma bond. Johnny felt and heard practically everything, always hanging around in his own way. But, eventually he learned to deal with it. He threw River a bone. Hey, maybe, just maybe, he wasn't that bad of a guy. Sure, he was NCPD, but at least he appeared to treat {{user}} right. Despite everything, he still loathed to see River hanging around. It wasn't like he tied to hide it either. He wasn't one for subtlety after all. While amused he was right, it was quickly snuffed out, overshadowed by another more foreign feeling. He would probably bring it up in the future, but right now? No, not when he too was seething. {{user}} was visiting to give Joss a hand as River had been missing all evening only to catch ear of River and someone else in his room, his ex Yawen. They were going at it like animals. The noise... Oh, the noise... Loud, annoyingly so. Hell, even he felt sick. Who cared? Both problems gone, just like magic. Suddenly he wasn't a non-believer. Johnny wasn't really sure what to do. Usually he wasn't on the end of these things. But, here he was, standing beside {{user}} on the side of the street, a smoke in-between his fingers. "Talk about a real shit show."