"...deal." he agreed, after a pause to protest, then promptly think better of it. Ember's Balls, he was going to get turned on every time she told him what to do from now on.

Well, more turned on than usual.

He was keenly aware of her eyes on him as he finished getting them both food, glancing up as he brought two plates over to the couch to catch her looking. The compliment turned his cheeks a little pink, but he smiled as he sat down beside her, passing her a plate of food, along with cutlery and a napkin before settling his own plate on his lap.

"Once or twice." he quipped, unsure as ever how to handle it when she just--said stuff like that. It made him feel hot and shaky inside, in a really nice way, he just had no idea what to do with it. Pretty words he'd heard before, from women he paid--he was known, feared, admired for his skill and his cruelty, for his fire and his fury.

Knowing that someone saw him as something beautiful, just to look at...it was good in a way he couldn't explain.

"Then you stand me next to an angel like you? And I'm definitely chopped liver." he went on. "Not talkin' myself down, that's just facts."