------- she’s in trouble.
( that filter that most people have would be great right about now. or, you know. a little less direct eye contact. is it just me, or is he standing awfully close? )
at least she just manages to bite back the line that’s already on her tongue. well, they definitely don’t make cops this handsome where i come from. christ.
she doesn’t quite manage to tear her eyes from his, though, and there’s that jarring mix of fear and anger and something else that heats in her cheeks, and he should really take a step or five back. her tone, when it comes, is taut, dry, more a civil variant on you won’t like what happens if you touch me than i could eat you alive. for now, anyway.
‘ ... correct me if i’m wrong, agent mahone, but i don’t think we need to be sharing oxygen for you to ask me questions. ’
-- and yet, she hasn’t backed away either.
‘ unless one of ‘em is do you want coffee or how do you like your eggs, but those aren’t really on-duty questions, are they. ’