She unlocked the door with a modest smile. With the fanfare of trumpets in her head, "This is my home. I know it's not a lot, but it's mine." He loved the way those impossibly blue eyes lit up the room. They didn't match her hair or the rest of her appearance, striking, haunting, beckoning. It didn't matter what she was saying; it was just about the iricandescent glow of her eyes, as she said it.
He stopped at the bookshelf. He saw his weakness, the same one he always had from childhood, a book about baseball. Seeking consent (as he always did), he asked her ever-so-graciously if he could peruse the book. It was a book on baseball and the thing he loved most was the pictures. For a moment, he was lost in baseball history. Nothing else on earth mattered. Oblivious to what was going on, there were pictures he'd never seen before, stories of players he loved and then-
He felt a gentle hand on his shoulder. So engrossed in the book, he grew oblivious to what was transpiring. The other face in the room enjoyed watching his impossibly blue eyes light up when she saw his childlike wonder diving into the history, her empath sensing joy. Any other woman might have repaid that with anger. She took delight.