Subtlety is more fun when the world isn't ending--or beginning, as he suspects. Why not begin it with some old coping mechanisms and a promise of completely irresponsible behavior, after they've made sure everyone is alive and accounted for?
They're still out in the open--hardly the only pair running hands over arms and hair, assessing. Maybe the only pair so obviously flirting in the wake of disaster, but whatever puts a smile on their faces. Whatever makes this okay for seconds at a time. Difference is, there's no real claim in it. He's hers for an evening or morning at a time, when she'll have him, and he's glad of it.
This shit is already complicated enough. It is entirely simple when he turns his head, kissing her palm as it passes back out of his hair. "Maybe you should come around later, after I've tallied everyone up and figured out if I can still loan you something to wear in the morning."
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They're still out in the open--hardly the only pair running hands over arms and hair, assessing. Maybe the only pair so obviously flirting in the wake of disaster, but whatever puts a smile on their faces. Whatever makes this okay for seconds at a time. Difference is, there's no real claim in it. He's hers for an evening or morning at a time, when she'll have him, and he's glad of it.
This shit is already complicated enough. It is entirely simple when he turns his head, kissing her palm as it passes back out of his hair. "Maybe you should come around later, after I've tallied everyone up and figured out if I can still loan you something to wear in the morning."