[Her heart picks up a beat as she pauses, but she sweeps his hair together in a pile.]

You could shave... At least enough for me to see you under all that..

[Fluff fur and fuzz where all words that would have fit there, been teasing and playful enough. It was still fresh. To fresh and Reggie stumbled over her sentence.]

hair...

[But she lightened her voice and took a deep breath. And smiled.]

You look like one of those mountain men.