[It's unsettling, seeing him without that air of confidence she'd come to take for granted. Even at their worst, before he left, he was still angling for something, taking a mile for every grudging, cordial inch.]
That isn't what I--
[She breaks off, looking at him critically, lips a thin hard line. The mugs are set on the counter heavily. This is the repayment, no doubt, for every time she wished they could go back to before last Christmas. To a relationship without all the City's complications, for that matter. So much for that.]
I just meant, this will take some getting used to.
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That isn't what I--
[She breaks off, looking at him critically, lips a thin hard line. The mugs are set on the counter heavily. This is the repayment, no doubt, for every time she wished they could go back to before last Christmas. To a relationship without all the City's complications, for that matter. So much for that.]
I just meant, this will take some getting used to.