[ He listens as she blurts the words out, one eyebrow arching slightly as he digests what she’s telling him.
He’d picked up on the change - he knew them both too well to not notice the shift once again between them - but to have her lay it out like this gives him a moment to observe her in the telling of it at the same time.
Her admission raises about three dozen questions in his own head, but there’ll be time for that later. And if he cheats a little and listens to her emotions as well as her voice… well, what she doesn’t know she can’t hit him for. ]
Soooo. [ He drawls after a long moment of contemplation. ] No beating him up, then?
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He’d picked up on the change - he knew them both too well to not notice the shift once again between them - but to have her lay it out like this gives him a moment to observe her in the telling of it at the same time.
Her admission raises about three dozen questions in his own head, but there’ll be time for that later. And if he cheats a little and listens to her emotions as well as her voice… well, what she doesn’t know she can’t hit him for. ]
Soooo. [ He drawls after a long moment of contemplation. ] No beating him up, then?