Jimmy nodded at her reasoning, having allowed the drunk to make the first swing just for that reason. It would look like he had started it, not Jimmy. "I just didn't like seeing you disrespected, that's all," he confessed. He stared up at her face, his bright blue eyes trying to convey all the emotion and all the attraction he had for her through them.
"It's not all that bad, I'm sure," he said softly.