His body stiffens at first in response. He's not used to this kind of physical affection, especially lately, and especially not from strangers, who are usually intimidated by him. Amber and Jo and Nikki were different, since they knew him.
But. Damn! Those eyes. Big and brown like a doe's. It's enough to make a guy's insides twist up at the thought of disappointing her. So after the first few seconds of uncertain stiffness, he reaches out to gently rest an awkward hand on her back.
Then she's pulling away just as soon as she launched herself at him, and his awkward one hand falls away. When she says she has to do something for him, he shakes his head. ]
Oh. Uh. No. No, that's-- you know what? Don't worry about it. We're cool.
[ He's still reeling from being hugged like that out of the blue, but not in a bad way. Just... forgive him if he seems a little bit overwhelmed, almost dizzy, Clara. It's him, not you. ]
We should probably get outta here, though. [ Nacho folds his hand into a fist with the thumb sticking out, and jerks the thumb over his shoulder. ] Unless you want to spend the night getting acquainted with the inside of a jail cell. 'Cause me, not so much.
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His body stiffens at first in response. He's not used to this kind of physical affection, especially lately, and especially not from strangers, who are usually intimidated by him. Amber and Jo and Nikki were different, since they knew him.
But. Damn! Those eyes. Big and brown like a doe's. It's enough to make a guy's insides twist up at the thought of disappointing her. So after the first few seconds of uncertain stiffness, he reaches out to gently rest an awkward hand on her back.
Then she's pulling away just as soon as she launched herself at him, and his awkward one hand falls away. When she says she has to do something for him, he shakes his head. ]
Oh. Uh. No. No, that's-- you know what? Don't worry about it. We're cool.
[ He's still reeling from being hugged like that out of the blue, but not in a bad way. Just... forgive him if he seems a little bit overwhelmed, almost dizzy, Clara. It's him, not you. ]
We should probably get outta here, though. [ Nacho folds his hand into a fist with the thumb sticking out, and jerks the thumb over his shoulder. ] Unless you want to spend the night getting acquainted with the inside of a jail cell. 'Cause me, not so much.