Pepper wouldn't hang around a guy who wasn't worth it. So he must have some redeemable qualities that we've gotten off on the wrong foot with.
[With a wink he set back to the task at hand, carefully shaving along the underside of his chin.]
It's not impossible to imagine, but I think I'd prefer you as you are. Nice and chiseled and less... curvy. But-- A bar fight sounds precisely 100% more interesting than what I had imagined. Here I was picturing you meeting during the christmas party we had last year over cocktails and chit-chat. But I'm assuming she slugged first? You don't seem the type to hit a lady.
[Any guarded interest is missed in favor of not cutting himself, and he shakes some of the shaving cream off into the sink]
no subject
[With a wink he set back to the task at hand, carefully shaving along the underside of his chin.]
It's not impossible to imagine, but I think I'd prefer you as you are. Nice and chiseled and less... curvy. But-- A bar fight sounds precisely 100% more interesting than what I had imagined. Here I was picturing you meeting during the christmas party we had last year over cocktails and chit-chat. But I'm assuming she slugged first? You don't seem the type to hit a lady.
[Any guarded interest is missed in favor of not cutting himself, and he shakes some of the shaving cream off into the sink]
Unless I've misjudged you?