if the younger had aimed for subtly, it was certainly a lost cause  ——  samuel was always aware of the eyes on him, noticing the smiles in his peripheral vision when he did something in particular  (  mumbled latin while skimming books.  )  admittedly, it was cute...  not that he would say that aloud, but he wasn’t going to keep himself from silently admiring.   ❝  ——  s’there somethin’ on my face ?  ❞   an inquiry given as a segue, a means of outwardly expressing that the stares had gone noticed, but that he didn’t quite mind  ——  a way to allow rafe to know that he wasn’t being as sneaky as he thought, though hopefully not discourage him from continuing the behavior.