if the younger had aimed for subtly, it was certainly a lost cause —— samuel was always aware of the eyes on him, noticing the smiles in his peripheral vision when he did something in particular ( mumbled latin while skimming books. ) admittedly, it was cute... not that he would say that aloud, but he wasn’t going to keep himself from silently admiring. ❝ —— s’there somethin’ on my face ? ❞ an inquiry given as a segue, a means of outwardly expressing that the stares had gone noticed, but that he didn’t quite mind —— a way to allow rafe to know that he wasn’t being as sneaky as he thought, though hopefully not discourage him from continuing the behavior.
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