He smiles at her and teases; she raises an eyebrow, sly in return: "Oh, you think you want a poker night, do you? Didn't know you had a masochistic streak." But then they don't actually know much about each other, do they?
Which means she listens, and for all that it probably seems she would dismiss something like that - love, and trusting in the agreement between them on the strength of it - something around her eyes softens faintly before she drops them to push cooling casserole around on her plate.
It's different because they don't care about each other, is what he's saying. She only nods, and presses her lips together.
"The 20th," she answers without really thinking about it. "There's time. And look - I know people we care about said this was a good idea, but it's still up to us. If we don't want to - if you don't want to. It's no harm, no foul. I'll figure something out. I always do."
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Date: 2022-10-25 12:14 pm (UTC)Which means she listens, and for all that it probably seems she would dismiss something like that - love, and trusting in the agreement between them on the strength of it - something around her eyes softens faintly before she drops them to push cooling casserole around on her plate.
It's different because they don't care about each other, is what he's saying. She only nods, and presses her lips together.
"The 20th," she answers without really thinking about it. "There's time. And look - I know people we care about said this was a good idea, but it's still up to us. If we don't want to - if you don't want to. It's no harm, no foul. I'll figure something out. I always do."