( he tells her, with the sly waggle of his brows to really cement his ridiculousness. Taking her foot, permitting himself a worshipful second to stroke his fingers up the back of her heel, he guides it into that first boot, buckling the strap taut at the base of the shaft. The second follows, easy as you please, though if the hand on her foot slides a little farther up her calf, well...
As they're more or less still in public, he'll go no further, offering Pepper a hand up once he bounces to his feet. Let him help her into her cloak too, maybe?
Things will be fine. Maybe not right now, but they will be. )
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( he tells her, with the sly waggle of his brows to really cement his ridiculousness. Taking her foot, permitting himself a worshipful second to stroke his fingers up the back of her heel, he guides it into that first boot, buckling the strap taut at the base of the shaft. The second follows, easy as you please, though if the hand on her foot slides a little farther up her calf, well...
As they're more or less still in public, he'll go no further, offering Pepper a hand up once he bounces to his feet. Let him help her into her cloak too, maybe?
Things will be fine. Maybe not right now, but they will be. )