he’s stressed out, and it’s obvious. he only does that thing with his fingers when he’s s t r e s s e d. loud SNAPS of fingers and CRACKS of knuckles echo through the room as he paces the room. his footsteps are even, but his heart rate is not… IF they can hear that it’s not obvious, because nobody seems to stop him from his nervous antics. but, that BACK and FORTHpattern of footsteps and fingers should be annoying someone, right??
“Can you stop that already? I’m trying to study here, and you’re making it really hard.” As if the frustrations rattling in his head weren’t bad enough, he has to express them physically? With a huff, she closes the book over her pencil and half-turns in her chair to stare at him. “You want to tell me what’s wrong, or are you just going to drive me up the wall til one of us snaps?”