MOONLIGHT STREAMS IN THROUGH the skylights and bare feet pad softly across the wooden floor of their kitchen . as quietly as he could , alaric pulls open the refrigerator door and scans its contents . green eyes land on a container of CHINESE LEFTOVERS but before he could even reach a hand out , the kitchen lights flicker open . alaric flinches and blinks at the sudden shock and slowly , he RELUCTANTLY straightens to find jessica across the island , manicured hands on the light switch , and a LESS THAN impressed look on her face . ❝ oh — hey , hermosa , ❞ a weak attempt at distraction . he gives an embarrassed SMILE and quickly reaches for a bottle of green juice , ❝ i was just , uh , grabbing a snack . it’s .. late , SWEETHEART . why are you up ?? ❞
. ⋅ ⋄ a closed starter for mami , @jvsscas !
