[ She smiles, but she doesn't laugh. Sometimes she wonders if Pietro allows her to dig and poke and prod at him because she wants to dig and poke and prod at him. But she immediately makes her touch lighter and even removes her hand from the foot she's considered taking as her own. ]
You don't like it? Or is it simply too much?
[ Both are two very important distinctions. From what he's said, she imagines it's the latter.
Instead of rubbing his arch, she walks her fingers along his foot in an attempt to have him roll his eyes in exasperation. It's light, as he's requested, and it's silly, as she wants it to be. ]
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You don't like it? Or is it simply too much?
[ Both are two very important distinctions. From what he's said, she imagines it's the latter.
Instead of rubbing his arch, she walks her fingers along his foot in an attempt to have him roll his eyes in exasperation. It's light, as he's requested, and it's silly, as she wants it to be. ]