Listening to Angela's words and looking at her eyes as she spoke them, Timothy listened and thought about what she said. He was not really fond of being lied to, but he could accept it since she came clean about it. Nobody could be honest all the time, or so he believed at least. He listened to her, watched her gaze away and closing her eyes. Timothy felt the heat of her presence, but also thinking about the words she spoke, and their meaning. The gesture of not looking at him at the end while making her offer to be anyone else.<br/><br/>Raising his hands on her, he placed his left to her lower back, stroking her skin gently a abit above her bottom, his other hand in turn rising to brush at the back of her neck and on her shoulders, rising to brush his fingertips amongst her hair as he gazed at her, a welcoming, friendly smile on his face. He desired her, but at the same time he was thinking of how to answer her.<br/><br/>"You can speak honestly to me here." He pressed a soft kiss to her cheek, his fingers lowering to caressingly brush their tips along the curve of her bottom, massaging lightly down to the start of her thigh and then heading back up slowly. Massaging on the skin in a soft fashion, letting her know he was there and not just holding her but caressing her in a small manner a small gesture at least, not going further than that before he had said what he needed to.<br/><br/>"I noticed this ship has a rather interesting crew gathering, but if you come to me, come as yourself, please. While your offer does sound like it could be fun, I like seeing you." She didn't have to pretend to be someone else to catch his interest, and he felt that was something she needed to know too. As interesting as the idea seemed, he felt that taking her up on it might hurt her more than make her smile. At that time, he wanted to both protect her and embrace her.<br/><br/>"I desire<em>you.</em>" He added to her ear, brushing his lips along the tip of her earleaf softly, kissing her cheek in a light fashion.