And yet I somehow manage to get points in, every single time.
( not that this is what she meant, probably -- but he does, in fact, pull his punches to an even greater degree than warranted by the fact sparring's for "fun". he has, in fact, made sure it's been a while since they sparred. mostly because he's always assumed seeing his fist flying toward her face brought about entirely different associations than the ones she's hinting at now. also, because he hates seeing his fist fly at her face. sparring isn't exactly his idea of "fun". he'd be perfectly happy letting any martial skill he ever possessed wither and atrophy. unfortunately, it's all second nature, by now. possibly the truest nature he's ever possessed.
watching her get sweaty, on the other hand -- and maybe ending up wrestling on the mat a bit? doesn't sound half bad. )
What I'm hearing is that you get distracted by your "objective observation" of my good looks. I'll take that, too. It's been a long week. You want to really distract me from my misfortune?
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( not that this is what she meant, probably -- but he does, in fact, pull his punches to an even greater degree than warranted by the fact sparring's for "fun". he has, in fact, made sure it's been a while since they sparred. mostly because he's always assumed seeing his fist flying toward her face brought about entirely different associations than the ones she's hinting at now. also, because he hates seeing his fist fly at her face. sparring isn't exactly his idea of "fun". he'd be perfectly happy letting any martial skill he ever possessed wither and atrophy. unfortunately, it's all second nature, by now. possibly the truest nature he's ever possessed.
watching her get sweaty, on the other hand -- and maybe ending up wrestling on the mat a bit? doesn't sound half bad. )
What I'm hearing is that you get distracted by your "objective observation" of my good looks. I'll take that, too. It's been a long week.
You want to really distract me from my misfortune?