Hushed Willows i won't let you fall tonight

Banner wrinkled her nose playfully in Stark's direction.  She hadn't expected to call upon him with a new recruit for the Keep, either, but here they were.  It did feel good to help out the pack in a tangible way like this.  She noted proudly that her brother had slipped into his Alpha role seamlessly - she didn't see a trace of the uncertainty from the previous weeks, though she supposed that he simply had his "game face" on.

Buchanan admitted that they hadn't discussed the Keep much and Banner, being awkward as ever, coughed just a bit while she fixed Stark with a wide-eyed stare.  It hadn't really occured to her what he must have thought about the pair of them alone in her personal space and she suddenly realized it may have looked .. suspect?  No.  Compromising?  "Er.." she began, ducking her head just a bit.  ".. we were busy with.. other things."  She paused and frowned.  That didn't come out right!  ".. talking about other things!" she added hastily.  The higher pitch of her voice was embarassing, but there was nothing to be done about it now.