Claude's hands have not stopped shaking since they got onto the highway.
Phineas had so far filled the silences with more anecdotes about himself, and Claude hummed or asked follow-up questions to let the vampire know he was listening. They had decided to take Phineas' car, so that in the slight chance Claude's parents might see they wouldn't know Claude was with Phineas.
"Are you nervous?" Phineas asked.
Claude was beyond nervous at this point. "Yeah."
"You can't be. You have to act like you adore me a lot, and you can't do that if you already believe that this plan would work."
Claude balled his hands and scoffed. "Great pep-talk, Phineas."
The future Head of the Erancus family peered at Claude for a second, the bunched-up sleeve of his fitted turtle neck stopping at his elbows as
