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SlytherinSistah
He was blushing. Clear and obvious. He was blushing. His pale face well-pinked with embarrassment as he got the feeling, and quite intensely, that Heather was speaking of anything but pygmy puffs. Briefly, Jasper looked not unlike a boy who'd recently been scolded for something. His line of sight shot away from Heather as she approached ever closer.
"I could use a good cuddle partner." His reply came rather whimsically as if he was filled with hope at the prospect, and his focus came back to her. Though, unable to maintain the pretense, Jasper caved in and gave Heather a tight but short-lived hug. "How are you, Heather? I haven't seen you in a while. Work must be keeping you pretty busy, h'mmm?"
Jasper's hug was short but it still lit her eyes up and gave her reason to smile. She had come to terms with touch lately. Heather didn't mind a hand shake or a small touch to the back these days. Things she had used to flinch at and shy away from. She had become emotionally stable, balancing everything once again. She had felt alive.
"I'm doing good." Much better than good actually. She hadn't had a restless night in a while and her mornings didn't look so bleak.
"I've been busy, yes. Not with work as much as other things though," she said softly. She looked away from him as blush colored her cheeks.
"How have you been doing? What brings you here?" Surely not a cuddle buddy.