Rose groaned at the little kiss -- and why wasn't she putting a stop to this? she had some perfectly good 'just friends' intentions for this leg of their relationship and he was bloody dismantling them before her very eyes -- and guided him to sit down on the bed. To rest his leg. (Right.)

She perched beside him, untying the little ribbon that kept his queue tidy and pulled back and ran her hands through his hair. She missed his crazy stand-straight-up short hair, but this would do.

"Let me know when you figure it out, hm?"