Pyro could consider his ego brushed regardless; he fumbled with his hat as she greeted him, covering his face so he couldn't feel her eyes on him.
"Er." God, he did not know how to talk to women. He could talk to his mother, and Miss Pauling was another matter entirely, but when one was right before him, calling him handsome when he couldn't even think of a proper word to describe her?
This was all in his head, he reminded himself. He had no business dating, and definitely no business dating a coworker's relative, and she looked a fair deal younger than he was. What was he doing here?
"We're not friends," he managed to muster after a few seconds of dumbfounded silence, falling back on familiar phrases to give him some comfort. "I mean -- business associates, is all. Teammates."
Yeah, same. I only know how to do a few things here and there.
"Er." God, he did not know how to talk to women. He could talk to his mother, and Miss Pauling was another matter entirely, but when one was right before him, calling him handsome when he couldn't even think of a proper word to describe her?
This was all in his head, he reminded himself. He had no business dating, and definitely no business dating a coworker's relative, and she looked a fair deal younger than he was. What was he doing here?
"We're not friends," he managed to muster after a few seconds of dumbfounded silence, falling back on familiar phrases to give him some comfort. "I mean -- business associates, is all. Teammates."
Yep. This was going well.