"I've always been awful at reading clues anyway," he answers, feeling a little pleased with himself for being able to come up with such a quick response. No one has ever described Mathias as clever. He's smart, he's been told that much, but he isn't quick and he isn't witty. Things are always most difficult to say to women he's attracted to.
The clues are here now, he thinks, but even when he ducks his head to kiss her -- really kiss her, not like New Year's Eve -- he's still second guessing himself. The first brush of his mouth over hers is tentative, questioning.
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Date: 2009-03-10 03:36 am (UTC)The clues are here now, he thinks, but even when he ducks his head to kiss her -- really kiss her, not like New Year's Eve -- he's still second guessing himself. The first brush of his mouth over hers is tentative, questioning.