"You didn't," Penny stated firmly. Nemo's bodily reactions were normal, according to the book. It was her own insistence on sharing a bed that made things uncomfortable. "You didn't make anything awkward at all. I never would have put you in such a situation if I had known." She tried to meet his gaze as she spoke, but his cheeks were so flushed with embarrassment that eye contact felt wrong, somehow.
Leaning against the fireplace bricks, Penny looked down at her fidgeting hands. "Elsie gave me a book on it, well, just on anatomy in general. I just ... I never would have chosen to make you uncomfortable if I had known." (That his erections happened outside of cuddling was interesting to know. Did he seek pleasure in other women, then? Penny wouldn't have blamed him if he did, it seemed like an awfully uncomfortable thing to live with.) "Forgive me?"
Leaning against the fireplace bricks, Penny looked down at her fidgeting hands. "Elsie gave me a book on it, well, just on anatomy in general. I just ... I never would have chosen to make you uncomfortable if I had known." (That his erections happened outside of cuddling was interesting to know. Did he seek pleasure in other women, then? Penny wouldn't have blamed him if he did, it seemed like an awfully uncomfortable thing to live with.) "Forgive me?"