"I glared down. "Do you want me to go?" His hands tightened on my arms. He didn't look me in the face. For a moment he didn't speak. Then harshly he said, "No.""
This excerpt captures a charged moment of communication laced with tension and unspoken emotions. The physical gestures, like the tightening of hands on the arms, reveal a struggle for control or restraint, while the refusal conveyed not only in words but also hesitantly with body language conveys the complexity of their interaction. There is an underlying current of vulnerability in the character who refuses to look the other in the face,...