Good clean fun...
"Let me gather the shattered remains of my self-respect before I face another of my shortcomings.” Tina fell over on her side, her hand held to her brow, dropping the handheld onto the mat with affected despair.
“Fortunately, you have few of those.” Yorso crawled forward to plant a kiss on those plump, smiling lips.
“Stop, you shameless flatterer.” She pushed against his chest in pretended rejection, every inch an actress worthy of a vid drama. “How can I trust you when you lie with such earnestness?”
He fell into her improvised scene, delighted to play along. “You’re my goddess, my everything. I worship you.”
She flung her arms around his neck. With breathy exaggeration, she cried, “Then take me from all this war and pain. Free me from this room that’s only big enough for the bed. Give me cruises on the endless ocean and suites filled with roses. Give me mountaintops from which to shout your adoration.”
“I’m but a poor cultural liaison. But I’ll take you as far as I can—which would mean the shower over there. I’ll carry you the entire distance.”
“That’s a nice way of telling me I smell bad.”
Yorso bellowed laughter at her surprising sally. She huffed, then dropped the act to grin at him. His heart melted.
He was falling for his Matara. There was no doubt about it.
“Suggesting the shower was a bid to get you naked and wet, along with an excuse to dodge coms from Captain Tranis and Dr. Degorsk. I won’t have to fight Tukui and Osopa for the privilege of joining you either.”
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