[ while some men might feel ashamed or embarrassed that a woman would be laughing at his expense, sanji hears the soft sound from her in the darkness and feels a different kind of flush to his cheeks that isn't birthed from shame but from fondness. because, oh, what could be more beautiful than the sound of a woman's laugh, the sound of a smile made into a song?
he may not know her name (yet), but somehow he's already decided he'd very much like to hear that laugh again. ]
Just a light pull.
[ responding with his own chuckle and widening smile, he watches the shape of her move behind him before she's out of sight, trying not to think too much about the warmth of her arms wrapping around his body (it's just a pull, a light one).
no, he needs to focus, feeling the leverage of her trying to draw him back as he uses his own hands on his thigh, like he could somehow squeeze the flesh of his skin tighter beneath the fabric of his pants to loosen the grip between the metal. ]
Yeah, got it, just aβ just one more lightβ
[ even with enough of a yank from both of them, he eases his leg free (biting his lip when the fast pull knocks his knee briefly against the metal for a subtle throbbing pain but certainly not one he's going to complain about) as his body now falls a bit back, butt sliding off one step to fall onto the other, legs now in the air. ]
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he may not know her name (yet), but somehow he's already decided he'd very much like to hear that laugh again. ]
Just a light pull.
[ responding with his own chuckle and widening smile, he watches the shape of her move behind him before she's out of sight, trying not to think too much about the warmth of her arms wrapping around his body (it's just a pull, a light one).
no, he needs to focus, feeling the leverage of her trying to draw him back as he uses his own hands on his thigh, like he could somehow squeeze the flesh of his skin tighter beneath the fabric of his pants to loosen the grip between the metal. ]
Yeah, got it, just aβ just one more lightβ
[ even with enough of a yank from both of them, he eases his leg free (biting his lip when the fast pull knocks his knee briefly against the metal for a subtle throbbing pain but certainly not one he's going to complain about) as his body now falls a bit back, butt sliding off one step to fall onto the other, legs now in the air. ]