if it doesn't burn a little
She gives him a look as if trying to suggest he doesn’t need to be embarrassed, though it’s a strange look that probably doesn’t do a great job. Mouth quirked, eyebrows raised, it’s the sort of look you’ll understand only if you understand her, which maybe Loren does. ”Part of your attempt to drown out the pain, or someone special?” she asks, without judgment and just curiosity. Honestly, for his sake, she hopes for the latter, even if that might preclude something more between the two of them. He needs something good.
He tousles his hair again, and she chuckles, her own smile reaching her eyes as his does. ”You are really attractive when you smile like that,” she says with a grin, nudging him slightly with her side. He looks young and happy, even if only for a moment, and she wishes he could feel like that more often too.
She nods. ”Alcohol is easy. I can bring some and see what Raza can spare,” she muses, mind wandering to what Raza might want in return. Weaver didn’t doubt they could work something out. ”I can handle the food and the booze if you want to get those invites out?” It’s a question, letting him trade jobs as he might want, though she suspects he knows who everyone is better than she probably does. After all, the Grounds were his home once, whereas she’s been trapped in Halo.
He tousles his hair again, and she chuckles, her own smile reaching her eyes as his does. ”You are really attractive when you smile like that,” she says with a grin, nudging him slightly with her side. He looks young and happy, even if only for a moment, and she wishes he could feel like that more often too.
She nods. ”Alcohol is easy. I can bring some and see what Raza can spare,” she muses, mind wandering to what Raza might want in return. Weaver didn’t doubt they could work something out. ”I can handle the food and the booze if you want to get those invites out?” It’s a question, letting him trade jobs as he might want, though she suspects he knows who everyone is better than she probably does. After all, the Grounds were his home once, whereas she’s been trapped in Halo.
-- weaver
then what's the point in playing with fire?
