Noah's face doesn't exactly light up, but his smile is certainly more genuine in that moment. Freddie listens, trying to picture sweet Noah terrorizing the guy who killed his ex and strangely finds it not all that difficult. He may be far kinder than most people Freddie's met in his life, but Freddie has the feeling that kindness doesn't extend to people he feels don't deserve it.

Which, of course, again makes Freddie wonder why he's bothered with Freddie this long.

"That's brilliant," he says with a laugh a moment later, grinning over at Noah. "Did you write on his bathroom mirror in blood? On his walls?"