[He doesn't say anything at first and that's fine. But then he keeps saying nothing, eyes downcast at their hands and Jem starts trying to read his facial expression. Cole's not like Petre, who wears how he's feeling all over his face, even when his face is utterly blank. Cole is - either smiling or intense and it's trying to decipher what kind of intense that Jem's only starting to learn how to do.
Given the conversation, this is anywhere between utterly ashamed or relieved. Maybe it's both. She rubs her thumbs over his knuckles and waits and waits, but he still says nothing. So she smiles, very gently; her first smile at all since the start of this conversation. ]
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Given the conversation, this is anywhere between utterly ashamed or relieved. Maybe it's both. She rubs her thumbs over his knuckles and waits and waits, but he still says nothing. So she smiles, very gently; her first smile at all since the start of this conversation. ]
D'you want a cuddle?