The other way-- [She begins to parrot, questioning, until the words suddenly die in her throat.
He's close. Closer than anyone's ever been to her. And even if she is on some level blinding herself to the obvious, she is not so ignorant as to not know what could be done if that last little space between them were to disappear. For one brief moment, she's frozen in place, mind blank as wide blue eyes stare into bright red ones... but her body seems to work on instinct, and her lips part slightly, as though to receive him--
And then her mind returns to her. She leans back to put space between them again, looking down and away as that familiar flush colors her face.]
You are-- the most absurd man I have ever met. Will I ever know peace from your teasing?
[Teasing. Yes. That's what this is. That's all this is. That's all it can be. Just teasing, nothing more.]
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He's close. Closer than anyone's ever been to her. And even if she is on some level blinding herself to the obvious, she is not so ignorant as to not know what could be done if that last little space between them were to disappear. For one brief moment, she's frozen in place, mind blank as wide blue eyes stare into bright red ones... but her body seems to work on instinct, and her lips part slightly, as though to receive him--
And then her mind returns to her. She leans back to put space between them again, looking down and away as that familiar flush colors her face.]
You are-- the most absurd man I have ever met. Will I ever know peace from your teasing?
[Teasing. Yes. That's what this is. That's all this is. That's all it can be. Just teasing, nothing more.]