[ thomas isn't entirely convinced. he is neither psychologist nor especially trained for this, but he'd like to think that years as a police officer have left him with at least some sense of when someone is hiding something. it's there in the way eggsy's grip tightens, the slight shift in his expression. nothing damning, not really, nothing he could point at and be certain, but there nonetheless.
and yet -- he gets it. either it is the truth, in which case pressing would serve no purpose, or it isn't, in which pressing would only force eggsy deeper into a lie when they've only just started to untangle those. so he doesn't press. instead, he slides his thumb across eggsy's skin in a brief caress. ]
Food?
[ he's still in the process of taking care of you, eggsy. ]
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and yet -- he gets it. either it is the truth, in which case pressing would serve no purpose, or it isn't, in which pressing would only force eggsy deeper into a lie when they've only just started to untangle those. so he doesn't press. instead, he slides his thumb across eggsy's skin in a brief caress. ]
Food?
[ he's still in the process of taking care of you, eggsy. ]