He returns his hand to where she had pressed it before with the layer was
removed. He gives her a grin behind what should be considered a smile of
reassurance. Their gazes lock. Desire and longing must be the same family
of emotion because his mirrors hers. He counts the beats of her heart per
second in his head as compared to his own and follows with nod after many
moments. "I don't think we have to worry. If your heartbeat ... unnerves
you-" he chooses the word carefully but almost slips by suggesting a word
Ruby isn't a fan of: scared. "We can take it slow. Maybe...it wouldn't be a
bad thing to go to the gym or a walk outside of town. Get your heart
pumping more."
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Date: 2024-03-25 11:24 pm (UTC)He returns his hand to where she had pressed it before with the layer was removed. He gives her a grin behind what should be considered a smile of reassurance. Their gazes lock. Desire and longing must be the same family of emotion because his mirrors hers. He counts the beats of her heart per second in his head as compared to his own and follows with nod after many moments. "I don't think we have to worry. If your heartbeat ... unnerves you-" he chooses the word carefully but almost slips by suggesting a word Ruby isn't a fan of: scared. "We can take it slow. Maybe...it wouldn't be a bad thing to go to the gym or a walk outside of town. Get your heart pumping more."