She doesn't doubt his words for a moment, which perhaps explains the stunned silence as she watches him over her coffee cup, fingers absently fidgeting with the ceramic rim. Finally, expression fluttering as she draws a breath, she glances away, a shy smile starting. Honestly, even if it flusters her, there's something soothing about hearing him say it, as if it address some unrealized and positively baseless worry that she might not measure up, might not be any good at all. ]
Well. [ She sets her coffee cup down, drawing a breath as if her nerve to sass back lies within it. ] With a showing like yours, there's plenty more where that came from. I'm not the only one who knows how to leave an impression. [ Too much nerve. Too much. She should have stopped there, but she doesn't realize it until halfway through the next sentence. ] I mean, I didn't even know tongues could — [ And there's the filter, a moment too late. Her eyes flash wider, briefly, and she lifts her coffee cup to hide her flush behind it. ]
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She doesn't doubt his words for a moment, which perhaps explains the stunned silence as she watches him over her coffee cup, fingers absently fidgeting with the ceramic rim. Finally, expression fluttering as she draws a breath, she glances away, a shy smile starting. Honestly, even if it flusters her, there's something soothing about hearing him say it, as if it address some unrealized and positively baseless worry that she might not measure up, might not be any good at all. ]
Well. [ She sets her coffee cup down, drawing a breath as if her nerve to sass back lies within it. ] With a showing like yours, there's plenty more where that came from. I'm not the only one who knows how to leave an impression. [ Too much nerve. Too much. She should have stopped there, but she doesn't realize it until halfway through the next sentence. ] I mean, I didn't even know tongues could — [ And there's the filter, a moment too late. Her eyes flash wider, briefly, and she lifts her coffee cup to hide her flush behind it. ]