@HauntedSonnets@CrazedCharm …it’s good to know that you two are devoid of humanity.
I’ll see my way out and find some better company.
Enjoy your evening (actually, don’t).
@HauntedSonnets@CrazedCharm I thought you two about to bust out with Baby by Justin Bieber. [Stuffs the tissue that I was going to use for my bleeding ears into my pocket.]
[I tug my tie loose and give the rum and Coke in my glass a lazy swirl.
My eyes wander and I get that same old feeling I’ve spent months convincing myself I don’t miss, then I take a sip.
𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳...]
— keys to make a small shift to the wording.
There it is.
I sit back slowly, the faintest trace of a smirk settling in as the deal finally clicks into place in front of me.
I lean back, exhaling slowly, reaching for the glass beside me.
𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐞.
— lock it, setting the phone face down like it never mattered in the first place.
Not tonight.
I roll the pen once more between my fingers and lean back in, focus tightening instead of breaking.
A faulty clause gives way my attention. Fingers swiftly press against computer —