[Dangerous. This woman is beautiful and dangerous and if he's not careful, she will be the ruin of him. When it comes to anything but her.
With a great deal of effort, he pulls away from her. He takes her hands from his neck and wraps one arm around his own to start walking. It takes him a few more moments of breathing through his nose before he can reply to her loaded question. However, he suspects that the back of his neck and his cheeks are going to be very red for a while.]
It's not an unwanted answer, as you know, but hardly appropriate for where we are at this moment.
I was under the impression that most outings of this nature are filled with more than just food and...ahem... going directly to bed.
[She might not be as adamant about romance as a certain other woman in their acquaintance, but he's got two sisters. And evidently a sister-in-law now. He vaguely remembers his parents engaging on evenings alone outside their house from time to time.]
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With a great deal of effort, he pulls away from her. He takes her hands from his neck and wraps one arm around his own to start walking. It takes him a few more moments of breathing through his nose before he can reply to her loaded question. However, he suspects that the back of his neck and his cheeks are going to be very red for a while.]
It's not an unwanted answer, as you know, but hardly appropriate for where we are at this moment.
I was under the impression that most outings of this nature are filled with more than just food and...ahem... going directly to bed.
[She might not be as adamant about romance as a certain other woman in their acquaintance, but he's got two sisters. And evidently a sister-in-law now. He vaguely remembers his parents engaging on evenings alone outside their house from time to time.]