[ He couldn’t help but lean into that touch to his hair, reaching up to pull his hat off the rest of the way and toss it to the side with a soft laugh. He’d promised her before that he would try to wear it less around her anyway, now seemed as a good a time as any to make good on it. ]

I don’t think it counts as stealing if I’m giving them to you, right? And it’s not like I’m going to run out of them...

[ Was this flirting? Is that what he was doing? Even if he thought back on it later, he would have just seen it as more of a natural flow. Just like more of those little kisses that followed his words, all too easy to give to her more and more. ]

Or maybe we’re both stealing them from each other? Does it work that way?

[ A kiss to the corner of her mouth, then a gentle trail over her jawline now that he was feeling a little bolder. ]