And at first, all Faye could do was kind of stare at him in what might have been a natural reaction to being told such information, or it might have been obvious panic.
One of the two.
It wasn't like she hadn't, you know, suspected that there might be deeper feelings at work here. She did so much work ignoring those feelings all the time! But now that he'd said that, she couldn't just pretend anymore.
Goddammit, Stark, way to ruin everything.
She knew she couldn't just stare at him, though, and even though part of her wanted to just run away fast enough to leave a cloud of Faye-shaped dust in her wake, she also didn't really want to hurt him. So she would stall.
Stall with kissing. Kissing seemed like an incredibly appropriate response (right? Faye had no idea) and it would keep him from saying anything else that might inspire a panic attack.
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And at first, all Faye could do was kind of stare at him in what might have been a natural reaction to being told such information, or it might have been obvious panic.
One of the two.
It wasn't like she hadn't, you know, suspected that there might be deeper feelings at work here. She did so much work ignoring those feelings all the time! But now that he'd said that, she couldn't just pretend anymore.
Goddammit, Stark, way to ruin everything.
She knew she couldn't just stare at him, though, and even though part of her wanted to just run away fast enough to leave a cloud of Faye-shaped dust in her wake, she also didn't really want to hurt him. So she would stall.
Stall with kissing. Kissing seemed like an incredibly appropriate response (right? Faye had no idea) and it would keep him from saying anything else that might inspire a panic attack.