Her natural instinct is to lean forward in return, and she indulges, resting the points of her elbows on the gentler peak made by her bent knee. Fingers threaded together, she rests her chin on their backs. It's not at all a ploy to show off her cleavage (probably). She doesn't even instruct him to use her title of doctor like she would most anyone else. Some people you just don't correct, and some people just don't need to be corrected. Vicious falls neatly into both categories.

There's the faintest change in her gaze, like it's gone darker somehow. "I would never," she assures in an even voice, and it's true in the sense that she'd never poke fun at him. As for the other interpretations of the word tease, well... "Unless you asked me to."