There had never really been anything romantic between Matt and Karen. They were friends and yes, she was beautiful, strong, smart and much closer to Matt's age than Katniss, but Karen isn't the one that Matt can't stop thinking about.
Honestly, the fact that it might hurt his practice hasn't really crossed his mind at all. He can't understand why someone would base their choice of lawyer on said lawyer's legal personal relationship. Yes, Katniss might be twelve years younger than him, but she's eighteen and legal in all 50 states. He worries more about it in a more private-public forum. He is, however, perfectly okay with her being selfish in that regard. In the end, the only two people who should care about it is Katniss and him. Her age certainly doesn't bother him personally because she isn't some naive, innocent, sheltered teenager. She's seen more than people three times her age and survived.
She'll find something that suits her eventually. She just needs to keep looking. Matt will eventually urge her to go get her GED and perhaps go to a community college or something like that. She's got such potential and so much to offer the world, not that she sees that now, but Matt does. He wants Prim to do well, to go to college, to become a doctor because it's obvious how passionate Katniss is about that very thing. Perhaps as a Columbia University Law School alumni he can see about suggesting her for a scholarship or something.
It had been an awkward, terrifying conversation that had led to something wonderful, something that Matt hadn't been able to imagine it would lead to when they'd started the conversation. Good, because very little is going to dissuade him from that goal. He intends to make all of her nights better from now on.
He does enjoy those happy little sounds, feeling the same sort of smug power that she feels when he manages to get a groan or a gasp out of him. His laugh doesn't last long either. He's got far more important things to do like nibble at her neck and taste her skin. He swallows hard, catching his breath as her hips buck against him and he slides his hands down to her hips then beneath her shirt, pushing it up as he explores her skin, still nuzzling at her neck, the hollow beneath her ear and finally back up to her lips. He moves his hips against her, pressing and rubbing hard as he kisses her.
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Honestly, the fact that it might hurt his practice hasn't really crossed his mind at all. He can't understand why someone would base their choice of lawyer on said lawyer's legal personal relationship. Yes, Katniss might be twelve years younger than him, but she's eighteen and legal in all 50 states. He worries more about it in a more private-public forum. He is, however, perfectly okay with her being selfish in that regard. In the end, the only two people who should care about it is Katniss and him. Her age certainly doesn't bother him personally because she isn't some naive, innocent, sheltered teenager. She's seen more than people three times her age and survived.
She'll find something that suits her eventually. She just needs to keep looking. Matt will eventually urge her to go get her GED and perhaps go to a community college or something like that. She's got such potential and so much to offer the world, not that she sees that now, but Matt does. He wants Prim to do well, to go to college, to become a doctor because it's obvious how passionate Katniss is about that very thing. Perhaps as a Columbia University Law School alumni he can see about suggesting her for a scholarship or something.
It had been an awkward, terrifying conversation that had led to something wonderful, something that Matt hadn't been able to imagine it would lead to when they'd started the conversation. Good, because very little is going to dissuade him from that goal. He intends to make all of her nights better from now on.
He does enjoy those happy little sounds, feeling the same sort of smug power that she feels when he manages to get a groan or a gasp out of him. His laugh doesn't last long either. He's got far more important things to do like nibble at her neck and taste her skin. He swallows hard, catching his breath as her hips buck against him and he slides his hands down to her hips then beneath her shirt, pushing it up as he explores her skin, still nuzzling at her neck, the hollow beneath her ear and finally back up to her lips. He moves his hips against her, pressing and rubbing hard as he kisses her.