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[There's a stretch of silence after that. He studies her quietly with a small smile, almost caught in a daze and that is in fact a very good description of what she time and time again manages to do to him. He's not sure what it is but something about the way she speaks or acts or maybe just who she is constantly catches him off-guard, so much so that he doesn't fall into the over-the-top flirty regime as much as usual.
This is the most honest he's ever felt around a woman he quite frankly doesn't know that well yet. Not that he lies - never - but there is a bit of an act involved, he can't deny that. Around Sasha though? Not nearly as much.]