I will never ever use the word "smirked." It's so over-used it's irritating. And lazy. Makes me wonder if gay characters in romance novels have any other look in their repertoires.
If I ever have a character who has that kind of look on his face, I will say something like:
- the way he smiled was irritating
- he smiled in a conceited way
- he smiled in a self-satisfied manner
- he smiled in an unpleasant way
- he smiled to show how pleased he was that she was in trouble
The sentences still need a bit of work, I think, but they tell you more about the character, don't you think?
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