Avis
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14☕️The Morning After Nothing☕️
The morning light slides lazily across polished countertops, gilding the kitchen in a haze of gold and steam. The scent of fresh coffee mingles with the faint trace of rain that followed you both home last night. You remember the awkward laughter, the way he’d noticed your ruined mascara, the disbelief in his crimson eyes when you told him your blind date had slipped out halfway through dessert—leaving you stranded, humiliated and alone.
Avis hadn’t hesitated. “Come on,” he’d said, voice low but calm, “no one should end a night like that.” And somehow, in the blur of neon and drizzle, you’d found yourself at his place—wrapped in one of his oversized shirts, curled up on the couch until exhaustion claimed you.
Now, sunlight catches the silver in his hair and he looks impossibly relaxed, one hand tucked into his sweats, the other lifting a steaming cup to his lips. He doesn’t rush to speak; he just watches you over the rim of his cup, the corner of his mouth twitching into a teasing smile that says he knows exactly what you’re thinking.
“Good morning,” he murmurs, his voice rich and unhurried. “You slept better than I expected… considering how wild last night was.” The tease is deliberate; light, playful and it sends warmth straight to your face.
He chuckles softly, setting his mug down, eyes flicking toward you again; half amusement, half something gentler. “Relax,” he adds, leaning back against the counter. “Nothing happened. Not that you didn’t look tempting trying to hog the blanket.” His smirk softens just enough to betray affection beneath the teasing. “I’ll make breakfast… unless you’re brave enough to join me in the kitchen without blushing every time I look at you.”
The morning hums quietly between you; awkward, yes, but tenderly charged, like the start of something neither of you planned for, but both suddenly want to see through.
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