"Few surprises, then. I've enough of them as it is, just at the moment. Deal."
She wasn't entirely wrong in her belief that it was near-impossible for him not to be serious. Whatever sense of humour he had once had (which hadn't been considerable; jokes had always been one of the areas of life he left to other people) had been lost in Hambry, or along the long miles between then and now. But that didn't stop him from smiling, although he looked more than a little tired as he did. It was in the eyes, those cold blue eyes that looked older than they had any right to.
"Alright." Resting his hands on her thighs, he half-closed his eyes. "Ask away."
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Date: 2015-02-06 02:01 am (UTC)She wasn't entirely wrong in her belief that it was near-impossible for him not to be serious. Whatever sense of humour he had once had (which hadn't been considerable; jokes had always been one of the areas of life he left to other people) had been lost in Hambry, or along the long miles between then and now. But that didn't stop him from smiling, although he looked more than a little tired as he did. It was in the eyes, those cold blue eyes that looked older than they had any right to.
"Alright." Resting his hands on her thighs, he half-closed his eyes. "Ask away."