[ Lottie's wide-eyed sparkly gaze throws him off just enough to give him pause and for a moment, the laugh that comes on the tail end of that makes him wonder if he's about to be laughed at. Again.
(Though this sudden desire to defend his car's spoiler and by extension his choices deserves to be laughed at.)
He bristles - and then his haunches seem to lower as he watches her body language shift. ]
No, tomorrow. [ It's said as dryly as the look he gives her. A beat. ] Yes, right now. Unless you were in a hurry.
[ Oh good. There's still some sensibility and consideration for others left in him.
He'd seen the flicker of apprehension in her features. For all the bright-eyed sparkling that she'd blasted him seconds before, he'd seen several times over now what it looked like when someone teetered on the edge of something unknown with an equal measure of curiosity and caution. He'd encouraged them before, but this was an entirely different scenario - and one with far less stakes than he was used to being in. ]
no subject
(Though this sudden desire to defend his car's spoiler and by extension his choices deserves to be laughed at.)
He bristles - and then his haunches seem to lower as he watches her body language shift. ]
No, tomorrow. [ It's said as dryly as the look he gives her. A beat. ] Yes, right now. Unless you were in a hurry.
[ Oh good. There's still some sensibility and consideration for others left in him.
He'd seen the flicker of apprehension in her features. For all the bright-eyed sparkling that she'd blasted him seconds before, he'd seen several times over now what it looked like when someone teetered on the edge of something unknown with an equal measure of curiosity and caution. He'd encouraged them before, but this was an entirely different scenario - and one with far less stakes than he was used to being in. ]