linger a little too long

[freewheeliing]

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[He laughs, closing his eyes, slipping an arm around her waist and getting comfortable.] Well, there is that, too. It's fun to have a secret.

... Although Ruby might have caught on. Just a heads up.

[freewheeliing]

I guess if you're a one night stand you have some rights.

[She clears her throat.]

[sh_manlytears]

[Graham looks up at Mina, surprised.]

You know about that?!

[freewheeliing]

[Unable to keep a straight face, Mina dissolves into giggles, covering her face.]

Ruby is an easy drunk. She kept talking about how nice your butt is.

[sh_manlytears]

... Oh dear. [He laughs, covering his face.] I'm not even sure what to say about all of this. Although I would like to stress that Ruby and I are friends.

[freewheeliing]

Believe me, lovely, I know.

[She leans down to gently kiss knuckles while his hands are still on his face, wanting to be reassuring.] I'm not disagreeing with her, for the record. [She playfully nips his thumb.]

[sh_manlytears]

[He drops his hands, a shy smile on his face. He raised an eyebrow at her.] You've been looking?

[freewheeliing]

I think that, as a lady, I have some rights to objectify men in my mind. [She grins and steals a kiss.]

So, uh, yeah.

[sh_manlytears]

[He clears his throat, feeling rather pleased about that.] No objections.

[freewheeliing]

[She sits up and the headboard again, twisting her hair into a braid.]

My turn to ask if and what you noticed about me.

[sh_manlytears]

You mean besides your legs and your hair and your smile? Because those all come to mind immediately.

[freewheeliing]

[She smiles almost bashfully, wrinkling her nose.]

My hair? It's kind of overprocessed at this point. [She glances down at the unfinished braid in her hands, lifting up the ends to check for any splits.]

[sh_manlytears]

[He smiles, chuckling.] I like it when you braid it. If you think it's overprocessed, why don't you go back to your natural color?

[freewheeliing]

It's a change for me, I guess. It's been the same way for who knows how long.

And if you still like it, well. [She grins and tickles his nose with the end of her braid.]

[sh_manlytears]

[Graham laughs and squirms away, scrunching his nose and scratching it.] Hey, that tickles.

[freewheeliing]

Protip: it's bad to tell me that you're ticklish, Sheriff.

[She lifts her hands menacingly.]