The apartment, Cambridge, MA- Tuesday evening

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The flipside of getting a chance to go out and help save a friend and hurt some things in the process was that afterwards, it was back to normal things, like filling out job applications in front of the TV and feeling uncomfortable in the current style of clothes. There might have been a little part of her that wondered if it would be wrong to wear a pulse pistol around the apartment, just for the night.

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He scooted closer and patted his lap. "Feet up here."

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Wordlessly, she put her feet up on his lap, making herself comfortable against the arm of the sofa.

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And wordlessly, John started slowly and thoroughly massaging her feet, digging his thumbs into the heels.

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"I think you're actually getting better at this," she said after a moment.

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"I wasn't good at foot massages before?" John asked, sounding amused.

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"No, you were," she said. "And you've improved."

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"Nice of you to say," he said and grinned at her. "I always like to know I'm getting better."

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"Positive reinforcement does have its benefits," she said, smiling.

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At that, he lightly pinched one of her toes.

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She jerked, a little startled. "What was that for?" she asked.

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"Because your toes are cute," he said and grinned.

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"My toes are just that. Toes. They don't have descriptions," she told him.

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"They are cute," he said and wiggled them.

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"I think you have some issues."

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"Like you didn't already know that," he said and wiggled another.

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She frowned, though amused, watching him. "Is there a purpose for that?"

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"I just like it," he said and laughed. "You've got cute toes, I can't help it."

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"That is the strangest thing I've ever heard you call cute."

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"I like all of you, babe," he said and smiled at her. "Every last part of you."

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"That's sweet," she said, still not thinking she was good at that word. "But they're toes."

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"I really don't care," he said and patted his shin. "I like them."

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She poked his leg with one toe, for no reason.

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He tickled the bottom of her foot.

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Her foot twitched, and she poked him again.

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He tickled her foot, longer this time.