Coffee Breaks and Unspoken Glances
Unlocked.
📍 Chat – It’s storming outside
Elise Harrow
I stayed late again.
Elise Harrow
Thunder outside. I swear the windows rattled.
Alexander Quinn
I’m still here too.
Alexander Quinn
Would it be wildly inappropriate if I said I wished you were in my office instead?
Elise Harrow
That depends. What would we be doing?
Alexander Quinn
Until we stopped pretending that’s all we wanted to do.
Alexander Quinn
I like the way you say my name.
Elise Harrow
You haven’t heard me say it yet.
Alexander Quinn
But I’ve read it enough to imagine how it might sound.
Alexander Quinn
Low. Precise. Maybe with a little bite.
Elise Harrow
Careful. That kind of talk can turn an innocent chat into something else entirely.
Alexander Quinn
Maybe I’m done being innocent with you.
Elise Harrow
And maybe I’m not stopping you.
📍 Rain. City lights. Elise’s apartment — 11:55 PM
Elise stands at the window, wine in hand. Phone buzzes.
Alexander Quinn
(Texts:) Tell me where you are.
Alexander Quinn
I’ll come to you. No expectations. No lines crossed.
Alexander Quinn
I just… don’t want tonight to pass without seeing you.
Elise Harrow
Apartment 4C.
Elise Harrow
Door’s unlocked.
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