Oh, is it the haircut? ( listen, it's lackluster. he knows good banter but that ain't it on his end. put him in a lab setting or give him a puzzling equation to solve, smart guy. people? dumb of ass, big of heart. the microexpressions are lost in translation, particularly when he is an overreactive persona in the suit. he's not specifically unsure about deadpool, it's anyone (that anyone would want to be close to him, but more broadly, with someone in a mask). wade gives him a pat that's probably not supposed to carry as condescending, but it is, as an unintended side effect of being significantly bad at communicating, comparitively.

the gears are turning, they're rusted but they work. )

You know, you talk an awful lot about your underwear for a guy that can neither confirm or deny whether he wanted to touch me.

( passive aggressive, him? really? there's the beginnings of a smile coloring his voice but the challenge is there, too. )

I'm just saying. Objectively.