The comment earns a laugh, and the smile he flashes Steve is as brief as it is genuine; for a moment Buck's whole face lights up, washing away about a decade's worth of aging. It's been a while since he's had any occasion to dance -- at Mardi Gras, he resigned himself to just getting drunk and keeping an eye out on Jason -- but there's not a doubt in his mind that he'd be just as good now as he was in youth. He just needs the right girl to partner.

"Doesn't mean you can't try."