#brokenbiochemist

He always managed to get Jemma’s mind spinning with such minimal effort. It could almost be admired if it weren’t so completely and utterly off putting. The girl faltering as she looked at her teacher, tense to the point she was almost frozen on the spot no matter how much instinct was telling her to just walk away before this became completely and utterly out of hand… if it hadn’t already. Right now she wasn’t certain what to think of this and it showed, jumping a little as his fingers brushed her hair off her face, already close enough that it was impossible to shift without being aware of exactly how near he was.

Before his classes, she’d easily been a straight A student. She liked learning, tried hard, and yet with Ward it never seemed enough. Grades painfully average unless she agreed to completely and utterly bury herself in so many extra help sessions that she barely had time for a life outside of it. So of course, his comment that this wasn’t about her grade was almost laughable because at the moment everything was about her grades. 

The fact Jemma hadn't walked away was a good sign. He was a bit worried when he first brought it up. Just because the idea had worked a few days prior on Fitz didn't mean it would work on Jemma. Despite the two being extremely similar their temperaments were different. Fitz was easier to manipulate in the sense he could stun the boy much easier then he could stun Jemma. Currently. He simply tossed that up to the fact he knew Fitz had a lot less positive interaction with people then Jemma did though they both were significantly deprived in what proper romantic relationships were like. That's what made this easy. 

It should have been easy for the girl to walk away if what he'd been building up to had failed him. The moment 'seduction' left his mouth most if not all girls would leave. Or rather, the ones that didn't already pine over him would. But those girls weren't any fun. While FitzSimmons were easy to manipulate it was in a much more complex way. Like series of puzzles. He had to be careful with the moves he made with each despite them being two different prizes.