You really don't have to... ah, I appreciate it, though. Not... to seem ungrateful. I—
( relax. yeah, that's the advice he needs right now. he has the body language and the chill, casual smile of someone who's as cool as a cucumber, but the way he trips over his words is only the first sign that he's anything but. the other is all that nervous energy roiling off him like a furnace that deals in anxiousness rather than heat.
well, and heat too. he runs hot, and he's running extra hot now. he takes the cup and nurses it in both gloved hands as he sits, looks up with a little bit of a start, and then... visibly releases the tension from his body. or tries to. )
Sorry. You're right. I did warn you I was wound up. You have a way of doing that to me, you know. ( one careful sip, minding the temperature. ) You have a way of calming me down again, too, though.
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( relax. yeah, that's the advice he needs right now. he has the body language and the chill, casual smile of someone who's as cool as a cucumber, but the way he trips over his words is only the first sign that he's anything but. the other is all that nervous energy roiling off him like a furnace that deals in anxiousness rather than heat.
well, and heat too. he runs hot, and he's running extra hot now. he takes the cup and nurses it in both gloved hands as he sits, looks up with a little bit of a start, and then... visibly releases the tension from his body. or tries to. )
Sorry. You're right. I did warn you I was wound up. You have a way of doing that to me, you know. ( one careful sip, minding the temperature. ) You have a way of calming me down again, too, though.