Yes, because I don't know how much you dislike them. Which is why I make them, so you can complain about it. [ She's a little exasperated, true, but it's nothing new between them. In fact, Pepper's leaning closer so he can look at what she does as though it's on purpose. It's nothing significant, not really; a few emails, things that could be seen to at another time. She sometimes likes to be there with him, together in that silence and comfortable, as if there's something completely normal about who they are and what they're doing.

She tilts her head, fingers covering the screen as she drops her other hand lightly atop his thigh. A smile stretches her mouth, and she looks at him. ]

But all of that can wait for now. I like this better. Don't you?