Warm and Cozy

"I said I'm sorry!" Lane called, trailing after Damien. The man was just walking, but with his long legs, much longer than Xavier's, it was hard to keep up with him when he quickened his pace so much. "It was just a joke, I wasn't thinking!"

To be fair, he didn't sound sorry at all. Rather, like he was on the verge of laughing. Which was in fact the case - Lane was proud of his retort, and even more so of the mortified expression on Clara's face it caused!

Damien stopped all of a sudden, making Lane 'accidentally' crash into his wide back - his reflexes just 'happened' to temporarily malfunction, okay?

"I'm not angry," Damien finally said with a heavy sigh. "It's just… embarrassing."

Lane pouted his lips in response. "Hmm? Making out with me is embarrassing?"

"No. Of course not. But losing control of myself in public is… And getting caught by my sister…"