Everything she tells him makes sense to him. Even if he doesn't want it to make sense, it does. Alcide would have hoped people would have made headway in getting their 'otherness' back to the way it should be. He never would have thought that not having his wolf half would have affected him so negatively. It's surprising. It's a revelation that forces him to look at and accept himself in a new light.
Even without his heightened sense of smell, Alcide can smell that citrus scent when Buffy moves closer to him and turns him away from something. He doesn't look back, because he gets the idea that they're being watched somehow back there. In fact, he dips his head and leans in closer to her with a hand at the small of her back so that they look like a couple trying to have some privacy rather than two conspirators.
He'd noticed how pretty she is before. But now, he's confronted with that even more so. He likes that smell, the way her frame is so much smaller than his, the lilt of her voice. He barely stops himself from growling low, just barely. He's thankful he doesn't embarrass himself like that because without his wolf side there would be no excuse for it. Growling, in both good and bad ways, is a habit though, it's natural.
It's a relief to know that someone is at least looking at the medical angle. Best Alcide can see, that's their best bet. "How far is he in? I ain't so good with medical jargon, but I could hold people off if he needed time to look into somethin'."
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Even without his heightened sense of smell, Alcide can smell that citrus scent when Buffy moves closer to him and turns him away from something. He doesn't look back, because he gets the idea that they're being watched somehow back there. In fact, he dips his head and leans in closer to her with a hand at the small of her back so that they look like a couple trying to have some privacy rather than two conspirators.
He'd noticed how pretty she is before. But now, he's confronted with that even more so. He likes that smell, the way her frame is so much smaller than his, the lilt of her voice. He barely stops himself from growling low, just barely. He's thankful he doesn't embarrass himself like that because without his wolf side there would be no excuse for it. Growling, in both good and bad ways, is a habit though, it's natural.
It's a relief to know that someone is at least looking at the medical angle. Best Alcide can see, that's their best bet. "How far is he in? I ain't so good with medical jargon, but I could hold people off if he needed time to look into somethin'."