looking directly at/toward him now

[Topstudent]

I'm writing a script:

John is hiding behind a car. The officer is 40 yards away.
John waits a moment, then cautiously peeks over the hood and sees the officer looking his way.
John quickly ducks back down. His heart racing.
He takes a deep breath, then hesitates briefly before peeking over the hood again to see the officer looking directly at/toward him now.
John ducks back down behind the car and thinks.

Which one of 'at' and 'toward(s)' would you use here? Would both be okay?

 

[White Hat]

How about 'looking right his way'?

 

[Piscean]

How about 'looking right his way'?

I wouldn't use that.

Both at and towards work.

 

[jutfrank]

Definitely at. I don't think toward works very well.

 

[emsr2d2]

I'm writing a script:

John is hiding behind a car. The officer is 40 yards away.
John waits a moment, then cautiously peeks over the hood and sees the officer looking his way.
John quickly ducks back down, his heart racing.
He takes a deep breath, then hesitates briefly before peeking over the hood again to see and sees the officer is now looking directly at /toward him. now.
John ducks back down behind the car and thinks.

Which one of 'at' and 'toward(s)' would you use here? Would both either one be okay?

Note my suggestions above. I changed "both" to "either one" because, technically, asking "Would both be okay?" could be taken to mean that you want to say "... the officer looking directly at toward him".

 

[White Hat]

I wouldn't use that.

I agree with you. But wouldn't 'right at him' work here better than 'directly at him'?

 

[Piscean]

How about 'looking right his way'?

I wouldn't use that.

I agree with you.

Then why did you suggest it in the first place?

 

[White Hat]

Then why did you suggest it in the first place?

For some reason, initially neither 'at' nor 'toward' seemed OK to me in this context. On the other hand, later on I noticed that the OP had already used 'look someone's way' in the text.