[ She doesn't know what to make of that yet, to be honest. It's not like him to be this unresponsive, and she's not sure what to chalk it up to. That it's him taking her extremely seriously hasn't even crossed her mind yet, and probably won't for a while yet.
Fairly symbolic, yes, but she's not really thinking of that. She's thinking of the way he's watching her right now, the fact that he's sliding down the way she asked, her breath pushed out like she feels it physically, and she does. To one knee, though, which has entirely different connotations, and she narrows her eyes because even just the visual is somewhat unsettling. ] I'm keeping track of when you don't listen to me, Tony. [ She watches him carefully until he does comply and then she turns her back on him to go to the closet, retrieve a few things and put them on the bedside table before walking back to him, circling until she's standing behind him, out of his range of vision, fingers light on the nape of his neck and trailing down his spine. ]
that is sweet of you but inaccurate
Fairly symbolic, yes, but she's not really thinking of that. She's thinking of the way he's watching her right now, the fact that he's sliding down the way she asked, her breath pushed out like she feels it physically, and she does. To one knee, though, which has entirely different connotations, and she narrows her eyes because even just the visual is somewhat unsettling. ] I'm keeping track of when you don't listen to me, Tony. [ She watches him carefully until he does comply and then she turns her back on him to go to the closet, retrieve a few things and put them on the bedside table before walking back to him, circling until she's standing behind him, out of his range of vision, fingers light on the nape of his neck and trailing down his spine. ]