[He is certainly paying enough attention to note the tempo of her pulse just beneath her skin, yet it tells him nothing that he couldn't glean for himself otherwise. Her laughable effort of a retort has him raising his shoulders in a held-back laugh; Sholmes has no quip to fling right back this time, a miracle unto itself!
Instead, he kisses her properly, just along the exposed side of her neck. His "experiment" does not start off sheepishly -- it is just open enough for her to feel the slightest scrape of teeth.]
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Instead, he kisses her properly, just along the exposed side of her neck. His "experiment" does not start off sheepishly -- it is just open enough for her to feel the slightest scrape of teeth.]