
Lyra had turned her gaze back to Snyder and had to work her thigh muscles extra hard to be sure that she stood up just fine in these shoes. It would be far too embarrassing to be the only girl and then trip. She widened her eyes when Snyder said that she would be walking with Seth. After the announcement had been finished, she took a deep breath (mostly mentally since she was quite exposed and sighing now would be super obvious). She turned very carefully to see that Seth had already made his way over to her while she stood there in shock. Wasn't it bad enough that she had to look at her co-worker without his clothes? Now she had to touch him. She glanced over at him, happy that they were on the same level, and quickly turned her gaze the other way. "I think I can handle myself, thank you." She slid her arm under his and moved to lock their elbows together. She had never really paid so much attention to his body before.
Most of the time, all she was worrying about was teasing him in some way. Usually with how silly his playing in icing was or how he would never find a real woman acting like such a sourpuss. Things were currently very different. Now, they were in these weird super intimate pose like they were going to a nude prom. She was even wearing these awful shoes. Her arm was squeezing kind of hard onto his because she felt that she could fall at any minute. She leaned her head closer to his ear. "I'm going to need you for support. Please don't say anything about this." She instantly felt defenseless. Like he now had this huge thing that he was able to hang over her head, but she just couldn't allow him to ruin this for her. Maybe he could sense the urgency in her voice or see it across her face before she turned her head to gaze straight ahead. "Ready whenever you are."