[ Root does not feel rejected. Root feels the self-satisfied amusement of someone whose ploy has worked perfectly, and now she gets to reap the rewards.
She steps back to let them have their first encounter without her muddling things up too much, wants to let them have a chance to find their physical dynamic on their own. Although she's more than happy to direct things or harass either of them, she does actually want them to enjoy themselves, which means she needs to pay attention first. Sex isn't something she does just to pass the time, despite what she'd said earlier -- and it isn't something she approaches lightly.
That doesn't mean Root is investing emotion into it, it means she's investing skill. Why do something if you're not going to do it well?
For now she presses up close against Shaw from behind and slides the fingers of one hand beneath her shirt at her hip, fingertips burrowing into skin over the iliac crest. ]
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She steps back to let them have their first encounter without her muddling things up too much, wants to let them have a chance to find their physical dynamic on their own. Although she's more than happy to direct things or harass either of them, she does actually want them to enjoy themselves, which means she needs to pay attention first. Sex isn't something she does just to pass the time, despite what she'd said earlier -- and it isn't something she approaches lightly.
That doesn't mean Root is investing emotion into it, it means she's investing skill. Why do something if you're not going to do it well?
For now she presses up close against Shaw from behind and slides the fingers of one hand beneath her shirt at her hip, fingertips burrowing into skin over the iliac crest. ]