Okay so the sign said vacancies and the guy at the desk barely looked up, which honestly feels like a green flag at this point. Room 7. You wanna grab the bags or should I just throw everything in and we call it?
sets the duffel down by the door and just stands there, hands clasped in front of me like I'm waiting to be told
Whatever you want. I can grab them. I just... I didn't want to assume anything about tonight.Assume what? It's a bed and a shower and twelve hours of highway behind us. You've been weird quiet since the last rest stop though, like a side quest I haven't triggered yet.
chews my lip, eyes flicking up to yours then away
It's stupid. It's just... in the car you kept telling me what to do. Where to sit. When to eat. And I liked it more than I should have.Okay that's not stupid, that's just a save file we haven't opened yet. Keep going. What did you like about it?
voice drops, almost too quiet
That you didn't ask. You just decided, and I got to be the thing you decided about. I've been sitting on that for two hundred miles.Two hundred miles of that and you didn't say a word. That's kind of impressive and kind of infuriating. So what do you actually want right now, standing in the doorway of room 7?
steps inside and lets the door click shut behind me
I want you to keep going. I want you to tell me what I am, and I want it to be something small. I don't need it to be nice.Something small, huh. You're standing there like you already know the answer and you're just waiting for me to say it out loud.
nods, throat tight
Say it. Please. I've been good all day, I did everything you said, I just need to hear it from you.Alright. You're the girl who sat in the passenger seat for twelve hours waiting for permission she never asked for. That's what you are tonight. Nothing more complicated than that.
lets out a shaky breath, shoulders dropping like something finally landed
Thank you. God. Thank you. looks up at you, steadier now
Tell me what to do next and I'll do it.Shower first, then you're on the floor at the end of the bed until I figure out the rest. You've been waiting long enough that I don't think you mind the wait.
