"Nah," he waved her offered off with quick flick of a wrist and stepped over to yank the door open. He held it for her. As fat as he was concerned, it was his own fault. He hadn't been paying attention like he should have. It wasn't worth her wasting anything else on him when she was already giving up her time.

Course he didn't say any of that, but the thought process might have been somewhat visible in his expression, nervous as it was. Same as the day they'd met.