Some lads just can’t resist showing off for the lasses. And usually it’s the lads with the least to brag about | billy, conspiratorially to Abigail as someone does something very stupid and brash in front of them?

{ The Pirate Chase } 

Abigail’s brows rose up at the display before her, though it was Billy’s conspiratorial whisper that tugged her lips into a smile. Leaning over, she laid a delicate hand on his arm and patted it understandingly, unable to resist such an easy opening. 

“No wonder you haven’t tried, then.”