Gideon thought he'd gotten his laughter under control. Really, you could only laugh so long before it naturally petered out. But Lucy's 'sodden bottom' statement set him off again in new peals of laughter. "I'll match your sodden bottom with my bruised bottom," he choked out through laughter. "I probably look like someone took a paddle to me."
Lucy's hand on his chest made him suck in a breath of air. His body was definitely getting the wrong idea, but they were standing close in the dark, holding hands, and her thumb was on his nipple. "Uh..." Gideon was sure he was supposed to make some comment back. He was sure there was some fabulous joke to be made about their wet clothes. Unfortunately, that required his brain to start working again.
He breathed back out a little shakily. "Yeah. You?" And he reached out with his free hand to where he estimated the loose side of her shirt would be.