[ He bites down on his initial answer which is: I could, words too loaded with innuendo. The kind he would mean. So he goes for something more neutral, more comfortable for them both. ]
A hand out of practice is too slow in a critical moment. [ Which is true. He's already bought himself a deck of cards, so he could keep his fingers limber.
She turns towards him and he has to stop himself from spending too much time carving her features into his memory. They've seen each other every day for more than two years, but this is new. A different angle. And he wants to know them all.
Feeling a bubble of nerves on his own end, he turns away from her and then holds a hand out. All at once, he feels like he's hidden and exposed, back to her in trust. ]
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A hand out of practice is too slow in a critical moment. [ Which is true. He's already bought himself a deck of cards, so he could keep his fingers limber.
She turns towards him and he has to stop himself from spending too much time carving her features into his memory. They've seen each other every day for more than two years, but this is new. A different angle. And he wants to know them all.
Feeling a bubble of nerves on his own end, he turns away from her and then holds a hand out. All at once, he feels like he's hidden and exposed, back to her in trust. ]