[ Her lip and nose twitch. She is successfully annoyed by that. That means he was orienting himself around her, a step ahead of her perceived step ahead of him. ]
Yeah, you read me like a book. [ A sexy book, at the moment. Jess slots herself in right beside him, sort of taken with the look he's giving her, or taken with the freedom not to fear the consequences. The loaded air between them is thrilling her smile into staying, so underhandedly she can't tell that it's still there. The charge of it isn't burning. The dogs are at rest, and the two of them are awake, which for them is safe as houses. For her, this is when real life is hardest to keep a grip on. These are the memories that the silence drowns out, that she loses over and over when the flashbacks pour in. It's worth it, to dig them out again and again. Every time she adds a new one, it gets the smallest bit easier. ]
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Yeah, you read me like a book. [ A sexy book, at the moment. Jess slots herself in right beside him, sort of taken with the look he's giving her, or taken with the freedom not to fear the consequences. The loaded air between them is thrilling her smile into staying, so underhandedly she can't tell that it's still there. The charge of it isn't burning. The dogs are at rest, and the two of them are awake, which for them is safe as houses. For her, this is when real life is hardest to keep a grip on. These are the memories that the silence drowns out, that she loses over and over when the flashbacks pour in. It's worth it, to dig them out again and again. Every time she adds a new one, it gets the smallest bit easier. ]