Don't be. ( the good news is every conversation passing between them won’t be like this. they need to get through it, past it, and see where it leaves them standing because right now, his issue it not being confident with his footing. how do they fit together? are they friends? just friends? are they more? is he screwing this up by being too forward or by not being forward enough? it’s a whole run-on sentence of panic, consoled and silenced by penny’s proximity and candidness.
she’s not running away from him, that’s a great sign.
archie flashes her a grin and it’s easy like it was before he went and put his foot in his mouth. he holds out his hand for her, palm up. she doesn’t have to take it, he’ll walk beside her regardless.
flustered, tongue-in-cheek, there’s a bark of laughter spurred on by surprise as he moves down the steps to get them moving. ) Yeah, they look good on you. I wouldn't call that an opinion though. It's a fact.
( he knows what penny's referencing but now he's just thinking about her straddling him like she said. )
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she’s not running away from him, that’s a great sign.
archie flashes her a grin and it’s easy like it was before he went and put his foot in his mouth. he holds out his hand for her, palm up. she doesn’t have to take it, he’ll walk beside her regardless.
flustered, tongue-in-cheek, there’s a bark of laughter spurred on by surprise as he moves down the steps to get them moving. ) Yeah, they look good on you. I wouldn't call that an opinion though. It's a fact.
( he knows what penny's referencing but now he's just thinking about her straddling him like she said. )