[She's standing in front of him, and making terrible assumptions about the both of them, and if he wasn't reeling before, then he sure is now, scrambling for words and not caring in the least when she drops her mug of cocoa, because, honestly, his slips from his hands a moment later.
And, yeah, they don't know each other well, but he knows her well enough to be able to tell that she's about to bolt, so he stops trying to think and stands to at least catch her by the arm to tug her back in close.]
You don't have to do that. Don't ever think you have to do that for anyone.
[And he actually sounds kind of angry about the idea, tone dropping low and dark like he's plotting the demise of whoever might have put that idea in her head.
He can't do anything about it if it was his own reputation, but... all the same it's not pleasant to think about, and she'd seemed so scared and desperate and... he's made his decision, hasn't he?]
Just... calm down. Let's talk about this, alright?
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[She's standing in front of him, and making terrible assumptions about the both of them, and if he wasn't reeling before, then he sure is now, scrambling for words and not caring in the least when she drops her mug of cocoa, because, honestly, his slips from his hands a moment later.
And, yeah, they don't know each other well, but he knows her well enough to be able to tell that she's about to bolt, so he stops trying to think and stands to at least catch her by the arm to tug her back in close.]
You don't have to do that. Don't ever think you have to do that for anyone.
[And he actually sounds kind of angry about the idea, tone dropping low and dark like he's plotting the demise of whoever might have put that idea in her head.
He can't do anything about it if it was his own reputation, but... all the same it's not pleasant to think about, and she'd seemed so scared and desperate and... he's made his decision, hasn't he?]
Just... calm down. Let's talk about this, alright?