It seemed he'd repaid her tease in kind, because he certainly had her attention now. Emrys raised one eyebrow towards her, an unspoken challenge. Not that he needed to speak it or even indicate it for her to know it was there. She'd already commented on it, after all. She'd always been a little more willing to forego the romantic haze of flirtation and address their metaphors more directly, which was something that had intrigued him about her. Anyone could engage in the witty banter that lead up to a romantic affair, but very few women were confident enough to take a step back and say ah, yes, I see your witty banter; allow me to join you. Off the top of his head, Emrys couldn't think of any woman he'd engaged with who approached their relationship with quite so much willingness and confidence as Angelica Vorona did.
"You say you won't let a challenge go unanswered," he pointed out quietly, "But you also said you had superior restraint, which seems — to me — to sit at odds. Which will it be?"
"You say you won't let a challenge go unanswered," he pointed out quietly, "But you also said you had superior restraint, which seems — to me — to sit at odds. Which will it be?"
Lou made this! <3