Her eyes rounded at his flippant response at first. Was that...was he flirting with her? What an odd thing to say, too. Everyone knew 'pretty' and 'freckles' didn't go in the same sentence. As to the skirt: "I'd appreciate it if you didn't try to imagine me in one. This is gonna go poorly enough without you suffering from nightmares--I mean," and she paused to close her eyes, count backward from 5, then resume in a more positive light, "not that I have any stake in how you sleep. So. You better not 'feel like' dropping in on me when I am, and this will go great!"
She was pretty sure the problem was him. Pretty. Sure. Alex cleared her throat as he called her a thief and once again got overly close. "I don't steal things." But her eyes followed his hand with something akin to disappointment, and someone had clearly had misplaced that bottle in her pocket. "Okay, sometimes I move them. But it's fine! No one's complained before! And anyway, how would you like it if I fired off some random accusation about you having a thing for mauling your partners?"
Stiffly, she walked out ahead of him, trying to avoid being manhandled as he led the way. Indeed, Alex strolled along as if she too knew exactly where they were going. It was odd to be dependent. Uncomfortable. And it made her edgy, darting looks at his now-jacketed torso that were in turns uncertain and contemplating. She'd fought her whole life against this position, and in the end that fight had been the only way to save herself from the black hole that had been her family tree--everything about the society they sat near the head of.
She slid across the squishy seat at the diner. "A water, thank you," an absent nod to the waitress, staring at the red and white lacquered decor before diving into a menu and ogling a dozen things that didn't resemble pre-fab ship rations. Oh, they'd better not be serving bricks the whole trip. But just in case...she'd order something extra indulgent. Obnoxiously so. Wondering what he'd choose, she darted a look over her menu at Charles and started when she caught him looking. A beat passed before she set down her menu. Alex crossed her arms, sinking into the cushioned back of the booth. "All right, Jones," she challenged softly, careful to use his cover. In a crowded room, they could bump into anyone. "you know so much about me? You order."
She was pretty sure the problem was him. Pretty. Sure. Alex cleared her throat as he called her a thief and once again got overly close. "I don't steal things." But her eyes followed his hand with something akin to disappointment, and someone had clearly had misplaced that bottle in her pocket. "Okay, sometimes I move them. But it's fine! No one's complained before! And anyway, how would you like it if I fired off some random accusation about you having a thing for mauling your partners?"
Stiffly, she walked out ahead of him, trying to avoid being manhandled as he led the way. Indeed, Alex strolled along as if she too knew exactly where they were going. It was odd to be dependent. Uncomfortable. And it made her edgy, darting looks at his now-jacketed torso that were in turns uncertain and contemplating. She'd fought her whole life against this position, and in the end that fight had been the only way to save herself from the black hole that had been her family tree--everything about the society they sat near the head of.
She slid across the squishy seat at the diner. "A water, thank you," an absent nod to the waitress, staring at the red and white lacquered decor before diving into a menu and ogling a dozen things that didn't resemble pre-fab ship rations. Oh, they'd better not be serving bricks the whole trip. But just in case...she'd order something extra indulgent. Obnoxiously so. Wondering what he'd choose, she darted a look over her menu at Charles and started when she caught him looking. A beat passed before she set down her menu. Alex crossed her arms, sinking into the cushioned back of the booth. "All right, Jones," she challenged softly, careful to use his cover. In a crowded room, they could bump into anyone. "you know so much about me? You order."
Dreams come in a size too big so we can grow into them.
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