[She tenses the moment he puts his hands on her - it's an automatic reaction, it has nothing to do with him, she's just wrung too tight. Even looking up at him takes a little more strength then it really should.
What's even worse is how mildly humiliating this is, to react so strongly over a very simple thing, a natural reality of what they do. It's not a part of herself she likes to show to anyone, let alone a man she actually respects. She's supposed to be stronger than this.]
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What's even worse is how mildly humiliating this is, to react so strongly over a very simple thing, a natural reality of what they do. It's not a part of herself she likes to show to anyone, let alone a man she actually respects. She's supposed to be stronger than this.]