Dammit. She had to mention the spring-fed pool that she had intended to cool off in when she was done, prior to him showing up. Which meant naked. Naked, cold, and wet. Why did she have to keep mentioning things that involved her naked? He need to not think of that, even if he knew that things generally got... perky when cold.
Stop thinking about naked, cold, wet, wading in water and naked, cold, wet, perky, female nipples and...
What else had she said?
“I don't need excitement,” Loki said, trying to distract his mind quickly. “I do quite well with occasional quiet. I also asked if I could help because I wanted to and because I find your painting fascinating.” The fact that it had also been a tease and an excuse to kiss her was irrelevant now. “And when it's done,” Loki added, letting on hand release hold on her to stroke some of the loose strands of hair back again. “I was hoping we could go wander around.”
Loki was being honest, completely. “Don't ever lament a lack of excitement or somehow, it will find you. And you know what happens when you say that there is nothing exciting going on?” He tipped his head down to kiss her briefly. “I make my own excitement,” he teased with a small laugh a moment later, “unless I've been tasked with something specific to do.
“So, did you want my help to finish up, or just to sit out of the way a bit?”