[ True enough, he wouldn't hear a peep of complaint out of her, if he decided to permanently switch to wearing glasses. They frame his eyes nicely. And, in more recent years, have given him a certain air that she enjoys.
That suffuses her smile now, as he comes back in looking much more comfortable, only pausing to drop a kiss to the crown of her head. She graciously plucks out a toasty end piece after his gesture, dipping it into her stew with relish. As they dig into their meal, his entire face lights up with mischief and she finds herself mirroring it in a way, amused at what has certainly been a highlight of his day.
Kaz, after all, was still very prone to keeping his emotions to himself. Sofia has learned how to coax those out, to allow him space to give them some kind of voice before he bottled them up too long. Tomassen has...well, he's figured out his own way. The two of them speak a very different language than her, when it came to their feelings. So of course he has that spark of triumph in his eyes, as if he's pried a diamond up from the deepest part of the True Sea.
Which, as he starts in on what he's gleaned, maybe he has. It doesn't surprise her that Jesper had managed to drag Kaz out to the bar–the two have been friends since even before they adopted Kaz. Her son might gripe and moan about it, but, she knows he doesn't deny Jesper as much as he could.
What is most surprising, in a way, is the latter half of what Tom tells her; that Kaz had willingly ceded his extremely curated personal space to let this Inej stay over. Her eyebrows go up at this, though, she's fiercely proud of her boy for showing the kindness she knows he typically buries. ]
Of course he likes her pet bird, he always has preferred animals to people. [ They're honest, had been his answer, when she asked, about three weeks after he'd come to live with them. ] He said he enjoys her company?
[ Not that he would simply tolerate someone just to be nice. There were limits. All at once, she's immensely curious what this Inej is like. Kaz could be prickly, immovable. He didn't just let anyone in, no matter what their sob story might be. So, if he is actually considering her a friend, it would be the quickest anyone has ever won him over, she thinks. ]
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That suffuses her smile now, as he comes back in looking much more comfortable, only pausing to drop a kiss to the crown of her head. She graciously plucks out a toasty end piece after his gesture, dipping it into her stew with relish. As they dig into their meal, his entire face lights up with mischief and she finds herself mirroring it in a way, amused at what has certainly been a highlight of his day.
Kaz, after all, was still very prone to keeping his emotions to himself. Sofia has learned how to coax those out, to allow him space to give them some kind of voice before he bottled them up too long. Tomassen has...well, he's figured out his own way. The two of them speak a very different language than her, when it came to their feelings. So of course he has that spark of triumph in his eyes, as if he's pried a diamond up from the deepest part of the True Sea.
Which, as he starts in on what he's gleaned, maybe he has. It doesn't surprise her that Jesper had managed to drag Kaz out to the bar–the two have been friends since even before they adopted Kaz. Her son might gripe and moan about it, but, she knows he doesn't deny Jesper as much as he could.
What is most surprising, in a way, is the latter half of what Tom tells her; that Kaz had willingly ceded his extremely curated personal space to let this Inej stay over. Her eyebrows go up at this, though, she's fiercely proud of her boy for showing the kindness she knows he typically buries. ]
Of course he likes her pet bird, he always has preferred animals to people. [ They're honest, had been his answer, when she asked, about three weeks after he'd come to live with them. ] He said he enjoys her company?
[ Not that he would simply tolerate someone just to be nice. There were limits. All at once, she's immensely curious what this Inej is like. Kaz could be prickly, immovable. He didn't just let anyone in, no matter what their sob story might be. So, if he is actually considering her a friend, it would be the quickest anyone has ever won him over, she thinks. ]