Annie gave a pleased hum against his neck, curling herself closer against him in response. "I mean, with no evidence either way, I think if you're good-looking, people tend to believe the best. So since you're cute, you get to be mysterious instead of, like, silent and awkward or whatever."

She'd known plenty of people like that. Believe you her, at this stage in the game, Annie could sort out 'quiet cute dude' from 'awkward, silent weirdo' pretty well.