“A whole penny,” she emphasized back to him. Slowly drawing out the phrase as if it were a particularly enticing and limited time offer. Rylan smiled, but it was quickly hidden by the glass as she downed the whisky she had poured into it like a shot. He had pretty eyes, she noted, but didn’t look at them for long, her own eyes dropping to the glass she was already working on refilling. The second glass was downed just as easily as she apparently had no sense of pacing.
Another refill, but this time she turned one of his shot glasses right side up and filled it as well. “I don’t actually have any pennies,” she admitted, grinning, eyes finally meeting his again. She screwed the cap back on the bottle. She could feel his eyes on the collar around her throat, her ears swept her hair as she tried to ignore it. People always looked at it, some even commented like it was their business.
Rylan couldn’t help but snort a laugh at his compliment. “Hardly a threat,” she replied, looking down at her lap and patting pockets for her cigarettes. All that time he had spent convincing her that she was beautiful seemed to have been lost with her memories of him. Too short, too curved, too marred. The disapproving looks at court and the scornful words of her mother shaping the opinion she had of herself.
Setting the green box and a weathered Zippo on the table, she didn’t light up, only sipped the third glass much more slowly, as if she planned on finally enjoying the flavor. “Just this one,” she said to his question about her popping habits. “This is my booth, Lieutenant General.” She used her free hand to gesture at the table, there was nothing there to express that it belonged to her, but she attempted to lay claim on it anyway. “But I don’t mind sharing.”
Who would? He was nice to look at and charming to boot. Even if looking at him for too long put a knot in her stomach that she couldn’t explain. A vague sense of familiarity, something she knew in those eyes and those hands. But she didn’t know him, and she was sure the feeling would pass.
Another refill, but this time she turned one of his shot glasses right side up and filled it as well. “I don’t actually have any pennies,” she admitted, grinning, eyes finally meeting his again. She screwed the cap back on the bottle. She could feel his eyes on the collar around her throat, her ears swept her hair as she tried to ignore it. People always looked at it, some even commented like it was their business.
Rylan couldn’t help but snort a laugh at his compliment. “Hardly a threat,” she replied, looking down at her lap and patting pockets for her cigarettes. All that time he had spent convincing her that she was beautiful seemed to have been lost with her memories of him. Too short, too curved, too marred. The disapproving looks at court and the scornful words of her mother shaping the opinion she had of herself.
Setting the green box and a weathered Zippo on the table, she didn’t light up, only sipped the third glass much more slowly, as if she planned on finally enjoying the flavor. “Just this one,” she said to his question about her popping habits. “This is my booth, Lieutenant General.” She used her free hand to gesture at the table, there was nothing there to express that it belonged to her, but she attempted to lay claim on it anyway. “But I don’t mind sharing.”
Who would? He was nice to look at and charming to boot. Even if looking at him for too long put a knot in her stomach that she couldn’t explain. A vague sense of familiarity, something she knew in those eyes and those hands. But she didn’t know him, and she was sure the feeling would pass.
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