Surely she doesn’t mean anything by it, but the comment still sends a shard of cold dread straight into Jesse’s chest. Play it cool, McCree. You’re getting paranoid here in your old age too apparently.
“Sure would be easier to lasso something shiny down where on the ground than it would be to get the moon. Especially since it’s no friend of mine these days, least when it’s full.”
See? That wasn’t so bad! Very casual.
“With Christmas coming up and all, though… I could use a hint or two. Y’know. If there was something you were in the market for, in that category. Shiny, I mean.”
That… was less casual. Still not the worst, but also not his best. He’s too close to this, and he knows he should back off the subject, but… shit. What if she’s implying something? Probably not, she just likes jewelry. She always has. That’s not weird. It’d be weirder if she’d be hinting she wanted a ring of all things. And if she’d seen the one he has, she’d just ask… right?
He’s really regretting not having hid it better to begin with.
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“Sure would be easier to lasso something shiny down where on the ground than it would be to get the moon. Especially since it’s no friend of mine these days, least when it’s full.”
See? That wasn’t so bad! Very casual.
“With Christmas coming up and all, though… I could use a hint or two. Y’know. If there was something you were in the market for, in that category. Shiny, I mean.”
That… was less casual. Still not the worst, but also not his best. He’s too close to this, and he knows he should back off the subject, but… shit. What if she’s implying something? Probably not, she just likes jewelry. She always has. That’s not weird. It’d be weirder if she’d be hinting she wanted a ring of all things. And if she’d seen the one he has, she’d just ask… right?
He’s really regretting not having hid it better to begin with.