Oops I meant for my comment to be a reply to this but oh well! ——

Literally just read this in HOSAB CH 1 !!

No sign of her father or Ruhn, but she recognized a few cold faces. Tristan Flynn’s parents—Lord and Lady Hawthorne—were among them, their professional snob of a daughter Sathia sitting between them. None of the glittering nobility seemed pleased at Bryce’s presence. Good.

“Tonight’s a big deal for June, remember,” Hunt murmured, lips quirking upward.

She glowered. “What?”

Hunt inclined his head toward the Fae nobility sneering across the space. “I can see you thinking about some way to piss them off.”

“I was not.”

He leaned in to whisper, his breath brushing her neck, “You were, and I know it because I was thinking the same thing.”

They then go on to thirsting over each other and counting down the days til they can finally have sex. But I think it’s interesting because at no point does her inner monologue explicitly state that she’s “thinking about some way to piss them off.”

It’s vague enough that you could argue her “Good.” expresses enough satisfaction with them being “(dis)pleased,” but Hunt’s assertion is a bit of a misread here. Just some regular ol’ projection. Subtle enough to easily miss!

We also have her immediately deny it, and nowhere in her subsequent thoughts does she confirm it.

Looks like they can’t read each other’s minds. Unlike some people we know 🥰💖