[ she falls easily into her role as the chiding aunt, reminding him when he starts to colour outside the lines. it's a role she'd spent a long time deflecting -- almost resenting -- but in the end it's not so bad. and, as she'd said to jane on the rooftop, it has turned into something comforting. ]
Skittish, yes. [ her own word after all. ] But he's actually a rather solid operative. From what I can tell.
[ praise she won't easily give the fellow himself, but which she now hints at in someone else's company. it's not the sort of thing she ordinarily says. and maybe she does only because she can hear that good will lurking behind tony's words. ]
( action. )
[ she falls easily into her role as the chiding aunt, reminding him when he starts to colour outside the lines. it's a role she'd spent a long time deflecting -- almost resenting -- but in the end it's not so bad. and, as she'd said to jane on the rooftop, it has turned into something comforting. ]
Skittish, yes. [ her own word after all. ] But he's actually a rather solid operative. From what I can tell.
[ praise she won't easily give the fellow himself, but which she now hints at in someone else's company. it's not the sort of thing she ordinarily says. and maybe she does only because she can hear that good will lurking behind tony's words. ]