There was something odd in her voice. Perhaps merely the way Reinette enjoyed how the vowels sat in her mouth. Or perhaps something else. Older and deeper and reflecting on a focused childhood and years of surviving at court. Or perhaps? She was teasing him.
"But you, sir, are no gentleman." Her smile tilted. She could feel the aftereffects of the change in how her breath not sat altered between them. "You have been neglectful."
What happened next took a great deal of skill on Reinette's part. Very nearly all of it, truthfully. Because there was the bed, which she reclined on. Then the room on the other side.
And Jack, of course, between.
But she slipped between and around him navigating the space until she could one again stand. If on occasion they were wont to touch? Well, it really was unavoidable. Reinette turned to survey the scenery.
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There was something odd in her voice. Perhaps merely the way Reinette enjoyed how the vowels sat in her mouth. Or perhaps something else. Older and deeper and reflecting on a focused childhood and years of surviving at court. Or perhaps? She was teasing him.
"But you, sir, are no gentleman." Her smile tilted. She could feel the aftereffects of the change in how her breath not sat altered between them. "You have been neglectful."
What happened next took a great deal of skill on Reinette's part. Very nearly all of it, truthfully. Because there was the bed, which she reclined on. Then the room on the other side.
And Jack, of course, between.
But she slipped between and around him navigating the space until she could one again stand. If on occasion they were wont to touch? Well, it really was unavoidable. Reinette turned to survey the scenery.
"You promised to show me your room."