[There's been too much hand-holding of various intensities already to be flustered by a little more, though by now this is undoubtedly the most interest a member of the opposite sex has ever shown in skin-to-skin contact with yours truly.
Puzzled at first by what she's doing, he starts to get the general sense when he feels her fingertips dusting the edges of the bandages she'd secured in place.
Someone who could care about the well-being of others this much isn't a quitter, he refuses to believe it.]
Like I said when we first talked, I've always had a problem openin' my big mouth and gettin' it stuck there. I'm used to sayin' sorry after I wig girls out. [A pause.] And no one's here to remind me when to shut it so I guess I gotta start doin' it myself.
[He doesn't regret what he'd said, all the same. He'd meant every word, even if he'd let his turmoil take the steering wheel and drive the point home a little harder than intended.]
But you... [His gaze shifts from their hands to her face again. It contains a hint of amusement.] I dunno if I'd bet money on you havin' always been a shy girl. Not when you went to put me in my place just now.
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Puzzled at first by what she's doing, he starts to get the general sense when he feels her fingertips dusting the edges of the bandages she'd secured in place.
Someone who could care about the well-being of others this much isn't a quitter, he refuses to believe it.]
Like I said when we first talked, I've always had a problem openin' my big mouth and gettin' it stuck there. I'm used to sayin' sorry after I wig girls out. [A pause.] And no one's here to remind me when to shut it so I guess I gotta start doin' it myself.
[He doesn't regret what he'd said, all the same. He'd meant every word, even if he'd let his turmoil take the steering wheel and drive the point home a little harder than intended.]
But you... [His gaze shifts from their hands to her face again. It contains a hint of amusement.] I dunno if I'd bet money on you havin' always been a shy girl. Not when you went to put me in my place just now.