[Pietro knew exactly what he was doing and how close they are to some of his most frequent targets of flirting - Rahela, Jelka, Gertie. His actions can't be misinterpreted as platonic, not something like that, so deliberate and open. Pietro can talk someone's ear off, but if he tried to express himself with Wanda, in the presence of so many people, to say things that have meaning and significance on another level, that aren't hidden in rude comments and dismissive sarcasm - it would be incoherent and stumbling and a disaster of a public confession. He would make a mockery of it, even if he didn't want to. So he'd done it like this, quietly, but enough of a show where intentions won't be questioned, his fealty exposed.]
You'd be so lost.
[He brushes a loose strand of Wanda's hair behind her ear as she stares at her donut.]
no subject
You'd be so lost.
[He brushes a loose strand of Wanda's hair behind her ear as she stares at her donut.]
Utterly hopeless.
[None of it holds anything but soft affection.]