Unexpected Developments [For Verity Willis]

[sumarusfinest]

The entire week has been a near constant roller coaster. Between discovering the fate of Verity's world, designing the memorial for the Nexus, interviewing with Schon and...revelations, the officer is completely drained when he wanders into his empty apartment at the end of the week, late evening and wiped.

The stillness of the apartment makes a numb sense of loneliness settle over him that makes eating seem like more trouble than it's worth. Might as well just settle in and read a book until he's too tired to stay awake anymore.

His tie is loosened, suit jacket hung up carefully. His holster comes off, followed by his cell phone, both set down on the counter. A pot of coffee maybe? Katsuya looks back at his cell phone.

Oh.

It's scooped up immediately, speed dialing Verity's number. The officer worries at his bottom lip while he waits for it to ring.

Comments

Japanese tv is amazing and terrifying

[sumarusfinest]

His sunglasses have slipped down his nose slightly, and when she nudges him all it really does is jars him out of balance so his head is now more or less resting on top of hers. There's the tiniest inhale of a snore.

Twenty hour days will do that to you.

At least he's comfortable enough around Verity to let his guard down?

[brave_heart_verity]

Whoops. It's not that she minds the contact; she rather likes it. He's not heavy or unwelcome, however much he might find this unacceptable when he wakes up in the morning. She plucks his glasses from his face while she deliberates, folding them and setting them on the table.

She wants to stay. She doesn't want to take advantage. She wants... but he needs to sleep. Trying to carry him would almost certainly wake him up. Better to get his blanket and pillows and tuck him in on the couch. It's only hard to ease herself out from under him in an emotional sense. She does her best to make him comfortable, undoing the top two buttons on his shirt and brushing his hair out of his face, smoothing the blanket over his shoulder.

In the morning he'll find a note from her in his little notebook, which she's left next to his glasses. Thank you for dinner. I hope you slept well. V.

Maybe he won't notice the smudge of lip gloss she left on his forehead.