An even bigger smile at the touch. "Little stripe for maturity? I think I can pull off the dignified look. For," a playful grimace of inner debate, "About three minutes?" He was going to get old, and he was going to gray, and he was still going to bounce around in a way Bruce didn't.
Dick leaned in closer as their fingers twined, coming almost nose to nose with her. Then his mouth dropped open with feigned shock. "Gasp! It's not the boys I have to worry about. I'm going to have to beat the cheesecake with a stick!" He glared over at the prettily packaged slice. "I should never have introduced you two." His eyes strayed over to his slice of cheesecake. "But then, there are many sweets in the sea. Perhaps we should see other desserts." He leaned in close again. "Ah, who am I kidding. You know I'd run right back."
The tone was still teasing, but the last also had a core of seriousness that the mirth couldn't completely cover.