11-08-2023, 12:37 AM
Amused, Seven contemplated her question. His expression was teasing in the same way Kaylee teased him, making her wait for a response. He stole a sip of his drink to bide the time, and glance at Kaylee’s scandalous neckline as he reached.
Afterward, he leaned comfortably into the cushions, drink balanced against his knee. The cool glass seeped like fingers along his leg.
“Very lucky,” he finally replied. The real story behind his name was buried deep, but Seven locked that story away somewhere unreachable, and in a moment like this, he happily wielded the word for more advantageous reasons. In this moment, he didn’t even think about it.
He hadn’t forgotten about Mist, but as he stared into Kaylee’s golden eyes with all the fascination of one looking into the sun without being burned, he could hardly bring himself to look elsewhere. “And I am the lucky one tonight. Your eyes are so beautiful.” He assumed they were some sort of advanced lens, they almost seemed to glow from within.
Afterward, he leaned comfortably into the cushions, drink balanced against his knee. The cool glass seeped like fingers along his leg.
“Very lucky,” he finally replied. The real story behind his name was buried deep, but Seven locked that story away somewhere unreachable, and in a moment like this, he happily wielded the word for more advantageous reasons. In this moment, he didn’t even think about it.
He hadn’t forgotten about Mist, but as he stared into Kaylee’s golden eyes with all the fascination of one looking into the sun without being burned, he could hardly bring himself to look elsewhere. “And I am the lucky one tonight. Your eyes are so beautiful.” He assumed they were some sort of advanced lens, they almost seemed to glow from within.