You’ll have to let me know when; I may have plans with “other company.”
[ It’s a bit of a low blow, and a risky one at that, using his own quote on him, but it’s been hard to hide how much it had irked her, even now. She looks him straight in the eyes as she says it, blue-green locking on amber as if to challenge him to contradict her. She only breaks it when she sees the small box, and reaches over to pluck the box gently from his hand, her fingers lightly brushing his skin.
After pulling gently on the ribbon, she feels a short stab of anxiety at the seeing the gentle curls of the olive branches surrounding the soft off-white of the pearl, her eyes flicking back to his face in near-panicked study to see if he knows what the gift implies. Seeing nothing unusual, she visibly relaxes, her fingers tracing the golden leaves of the setting. ]
Olive leaves. How literal.
[ She shuts the lid gently and hands it back to him, trying to calm her features. ]
I’ll keep it, but please hang on to it for now. This dress doesn’t exactly have pockets.
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[ It’s a bit of a low blow, and a risky one at that, using his own quote on him, but it’s been hard to hide how much it had irked her, even now. She looks him straight in the eyes as she says it, blue-green locking on amber as if to challenge him to contradict her. She only breaks it when she sees the small box, and reaches over to pluck the box gently from his hand, her fingers lightly brushing his skin.
After pulling gently on the ribbon, she feels a short stab of anxiety at the seeing the gentle curls of the olive branches surrounding the soft off-white of the pearl, her eyes flicking back to his face in near-panicked study to see if he knows what the gift implies. Seeing nothing unusual, she visibly relaxes, her fingers tracing the golden leaves of the setting. ]
Olive leaves. How literal.
[ She shuts the lid gently and hands it back to him, trying to calm her features. ]
I’ll keep it, but please hang on to it for now. This dress doesn’t exactly have pockets.