There are so many things she's doing and saying that she'd never done and said before and it's confusing the hell out of him.
He just wanted to talk. To hold her. Kiss her. Be with someone in this whole goddamned universe who cares.
"No. I'm not."
It's the flinch that gets to him more than anything. It reminds him of the first time he tried to kiss her. It reminds him that he did something wrong.
no subject
She'd never--
Why--
What--
There are so many things she's doing and saying that she'd never done and said before and it's confusing the hell out of him.
He just wanted to talk. To hold her. Kiss her. Be with someone in this whole goddamned universe who cares.
"No. I'm not."
It's the flinch that gets to him more than anything. It reminds him of the first time he tried to kiss her. It reminds him that he did something wrong.
"C'mon, honey, just talk to me."
He reaches for her elbow this time.