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riker looked back over at the man, whose eyes were focused on riker’s now arm that was around snow’s shoulder. as if he couldn’t see riker’s burning gaze towards the man in annoyance. riker’s eyes flickered back to snow’s and his face was slightly flushed. even if snow hadn’t meant it that way, riker’s heart couldn’t take much more. this was probably the closest sign of affection the two have had before her accident and riker cursed to himself for reacting in such a way. it was just to get the guy to stop staring. she doesn’t mean anything by it. he needed to stop getting his hopes up. lips perked up into a small smile, geniality had reached his eyes as he turned to her, eyes focusing on hers now. “should we start playing the part then?” his smile had turned playful and part of him had felt the old riker starting to come back, back to his teasings. “you never know. he might not get the hint, snowflake. we might need to do the whole ‘looking into each others’ eyes’ shit like in movies. or even do the whole feeding each other food thing.” he laughed, grinning as he nudged shoulders with her. “ ‘m kidding, ‘m kidding. don’t kill me, yeah?”