She takes a long, shaky breath to just look, something warm swelling tight in her chest. Her expression goes unfocused, drifts somewhere towards self-consciously, furiously accomplished. Perhaps he can feel how her breath goes that much more shallow, or the speed of her pulse.
But--maybe not, maybe hopefully not. She catches herself, redfaced, and starts her hands moving again, swirling knuckles to dig into the line of tense muscle. The biggest effort goes into not watching his face now, even if it's an image she's sure she's committed to memory]
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She takes a long, shaky breath to just look, something warm swelling tight in her chest. Her expression goes unfocused, drifts somewhere towards self-consciously, furiously accomplished. Perhaps he can feel how her breath goes that much more shallow, or the speed of her pulse.
But--maybe not, maybe hopefully not. She catches herself, redfaced, and starts her hands moving again, swirling knuckles to dig into the line of tense muscle. The biggest effort goes into not watching his face now, even if it's an image she's sure she's committed to memory]