It feels like it lasts for minutes instead of the seconds he actually knows it ends up being. While it isn't as though it's a bad kiss, who it's with and who it's in front of is enough to make it all as awkward as he expects. She steps away first, and he knows then that it'd been enough. Which is good, because if this place made him deepen it, the mistletoe would've proved itself more awful than he originally thought.
"Don't mention it," he replies, scratching the back of his neck as he steps back and out from underneath the mistletoe. He doesn't know if it has some sort of time frame when you can get out, and he isn't taking any chances.
The discretion comment makes him wonder if that means Annie had looked away. It made sense, though it doesn't stop him from feeling a little guilty despite having done nothing wrong. He shakes it off and clears his throat, adding, "I can't believe you're here. You know, Annie and I were just going to go get some breakfast, you should join us."
It's a casual invitation to find someplace quieter, acting like she's an old friend they're meeting up with and nothing more. He doesn't know anything about her cover, so he assumes it's the safest, most generic way to go about it. Technically, it's not completely removed from the truth either, even though Joan's still his boss first and foremost to him, and that makes things even easier.
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Date: 2012-01-02 12:28 am (UTC)"Don't mention it," he replies, scratching the back of his neck as he steps back and out from underneath the mistletoe. He doesn't know if it has some sort of time frame when you can get out, and he isn't taking any chances.
The discretion comment makes him wonder if that means Annie had looked away. It made sense, though it doesn't stop him from feeling a little guilty despite having done nothing wrong. He shakes it off and clears his throat, adding, "I can't believe you're here. You know, Annie and I were just going to go get some breakfast, you should join us."
It's a casual invitation to find someplace quieter, acting like she's an old friend they're meeting up with and nothing more. He doesn't know anything about her cover, so he assumes it's the safest, most generic way to go about it. Technically, it's not completely removed from the truth either, even though Joan's still his boss first and foremost to him, and that makes things even easier.