What, did you actually think I was gonna be a creep or were you just teasing me? (he asks wryly, more harmless blustering, his low laugh ruining his faux indignance.
not oblivious, jonas also knows that asa's flirting with him.
he thinks he understands why: his mother told him he was handsome frequently enough for him to believe it, and others have noted the same. in addition to that, he's tall and athletic, which is two more points in his favour. asa's attraction, however, seems to stem primarily from his sense of humour. it flatters jonas, as does the way asa smiles up at him, the way she brushes her arm against his arm, and the way she plays with her hair like thatโ
his hand catches the back of her elbow, intending to ask her again about going to see that movie. on contact, however, jonas is hit with a wall of intense vertigo and is soon relying heavily on the balance holding her arm affords him.
though brief, this feeling struck him earlier in the day when he was speaking with set before the music show. his fears are made a reality when the first thing he sees through new eyes is the sleeve of his own jacket, which makes him yank a slender arm away from a grasping hand to more freely look down at an alien bodyโpredictably, jonas gets an eyeful of curves, and his head has never snapped up so quickly, throat tight as he stares at the sky.)
Oh, no, (jonas pleads in asa's voice, much louder in his own pattern now that he has control of her vocal cords.) Oh, Jesusโagain? Now?
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not oblivious, jonas also knows that asa's flirting with him.
he thinks he understands why: his mother told him he was handsome frequently enough for him to believe it, and others have noted the same. in addition to that, he's tall and athletic, which is two more points in his favour. asa's attraction, however, seems to stem primarily from his sense of humour. it flatters jonas, as does the way asa smiles up at him, the way she brushes her arm against his arm, and the way she plays with her hair like thatโ
his hand catches the back of her elbow, intending to ask her again about going to see that movie. on contact, however, jonas is hit with a wall of intense vertigo and is soon relying heavily on the balance holding her arm affords him.
though brief, this feeling struck him earlier in the day when he was speaking with set before the music show. his fears are made a reality when the first thing he sees through new eyes is the sleeve of his own jacket, which makes him yank a slender arm away from a grasping hand to more freely look down at an alien bodyโpredictably, jonas gets an eyeful of curves, and his head has never snapped up so quickly, throat tight as he stares at the sky.)
Oh, no, (jonas pleads in asa's voice, much louder in his own pattern now that he has control of her vocal cords.) Oh, Jesusโagain? Now?