[ Whatever she had anticipated from him, perhaps even hoped he would say, the truth is that the potential of whatever moment that could have transpired between them has likely gone, buried beneath self-control and sheer force of will.
Her shoulders do not release their tension, but there is an instant when her features arrange themselves in a slightly more neutral expression, as though she is attempting to submerge any obvious traces of yearning that may still linger in her eyes. ]
Yes, of course.
[ And now it is her turn to speak sternly, more abruptly, turning from him with an indrawn breath before she can let her inconvenient state influence her any further than it already has. She does not wait for him to follow this time, as she ventures down the hall and finally stands in front of the door at a corner neighboring her own bedroom, retreating to afford him enough of a berth to enter without actually initiating an inadvertent touch between them. ]
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Her shoulders do not release their tension, but there is an instant when her features arrange themselves in a slightly more neutral expression, as though she is attempting to submerge any obvious traces of yearning that may still linger in her eyes. ]
Yes, of course.
[ And now it is her turn to speak sternly, more abruptly, turning from him with an indrawn breath before she can let her inconvenient state influence her any further than it already has. She does not wait for him to follow this time, as she ventures down the hall and finally stands in front of the door at a corner neighboring her own bedroom, retreating to afford him enough of a berth to enter without actually initiating an inadvertent touch between them. ]