"Very practical," Pepper settles on saying, wryly amused, though the logic cannot be denied. That bright-eyed look he gives her shakes her composure just a little, but she masks it by busying herself with perching on the edge of the bed and rearranging her robe so she's not parting over her thighs too much as she crosses her legs and reaches for her own ice cream.
Her throat goes a little dry as her gaze is drawn to those splotches of melty ice cream on his chest, and it suddenly really dawns on her that she's seeing more of his bare skin than she ever has. Swallowing, she quickly shifts her gaze to her own cup. "Ice cream as an appetizer is a thing more places should go for," she quips with a small smile, striving to sound light and breezy as she scoops a bit onto a spoon; it's just regular vanilla bean, but it hits the spot regardless.
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Date: 2016-08-29 10:41 pm (UTC)Her throat goes a little dry as her gaze is drawn to those splotches of melty ice cream on his chest, and it suddenly really dawns on her that she's seeing more of his bare skin than she ever has. Swallowing, she quickly shifts her gaze to her own cup. "Ice cream as an appetizer is a thing more places should go for," she quips with a small smile, striving to sound light and breezy as she scoops a bit onto a spoon; it's just regular vanilla bean, but it hits the spot regardless.