All of them are well and good. If Gran asked her, she would have likely said yes... once. She doesn't like her own being touched by anyone, especially strangers, but she would make a one-time exception if he was extremely polite about it, and—]
Someone at the party?
[Whatever thought process Ilsa had going on in the moment comes grinding to a halt at that, and her fingers stop massaging his ears, and she pulls back.]
... Who?
[Someone... else...
A woman?
...
Why does that thought make her stomach twist into a knot?]
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All of them are well and good. If Gran asked her, she would have likely said yes... once. She doesn't like her own being touched by anyone, especially strangers, but she would make a one-time exception if he was extremely polite about it, and—]
Someone at the party?
[Whatever thought process Ilsa had going on in the moment comes grinding to a halt at that, and her fingers stop massaging his ears, and she pulls back.]
... Who?
[Someone... else...
A woman?
...
Why does that thought make her stomach twist into a knot?]