[It isn't about his smile bring prettier. But it is about him deserving happiness. It's naivety, maybe, that has her believing in that and trying so hard for everyone in her life regardless of who they are or what they may have done. She believes not only that they deserve better things, but that they are really much better people than even they think that they are.
So when he changes the subject, she stays exactly where she is, exactly as she is, staring at him and knowing that this is him turning away from the subject. She isn't convinced in the least, but she does wonder if it is something that she's done even as he smiles at her.]
I will stay.
[She doesn't smile, her worry showing clearly on her face as he leaves and someone comes to her to show her nail polish colours and ask her about her hair. Veronica always keeps half an eye on him even as she chooses to get an ombre in shades of blue, and someone starts to curl her hair.]
no subject
So when he changes the subject, she stays exactly where she is, exactly as she is, staring at him and knowing that this is him turning away from the subject. She isn't convinced in the least, but she does wonder if it is something that she's done even as he smiles at her.]
I will stay.
[She doesn't smile, her worry showing clearly on her face as he leaves and someone comes to her to show her nail polish colours and ask her about her hair. Veronica always keeps half an eye on him even as she chooses to get an ombre in shades of blue, and someone starts to curl her hair.]