#thrillcfthechase

he’d been trying on different outfits for his interview tomorrow -- each outfit requiring at least twenty minutes in front of a full length mirror -- but spruce kept staring at him. whilst he prefers not to interact, when nobody’s in the room, nico finds himself exchanging a few words with the dog. “ stop looking at me like that, ” he smoothens out his shirt. “ it doesn’t have to ma-- ” suddenly, the door opens and elliot walks in. caught in 4k but he pretends nothing happened, swiftly turning his back to elliot. 

Willow was far too tired at the moment.  She lay on the couch, practically snuggled under a blanket even thought it was mid afternoon.  She wondered if she had been working too much lately.  When the Bistro started, it was usually just she and Eden but now that the place was getting traction, she felt like she was getting run off her feat.  Thankfully, Eden was searching for more staff.  Hopefully, things would level out.  

(but this felt more than just a long shift) 

She shifted slightly so that her face was pressed into the pillow.  She could hear the sound of keys in the door and knew that it was Chase.  There was a smile on her face when the door opened.  “Detective Chase,” she began.  “I swear I had nothing to do with it.”  Then she laughed.  

Willow stood in the middle of the chaos. 

(formally the living room in Chase’ apartment) 

There were a lot of boxes.  More than she originally thought.  She had purged as she packed (and in many ways she didn’t feel like she had a lot to begin with).  But still, there were a lot of boxes.  

She couldn’t help but feel worried as she looked around the room, unsure of where to even start.  Combing lives was a process, and not one that she had really had a lot of experience with.  She probably could have gotten rid of more.  They wouldn’t need everything.  But at the same time she wanted to hold onto what she had carved out for herself in her so called new beginning. 

With her hands at her sides and a slightly panicked look in her eyes, she moved forward to touch the the first thing she bumped into.  Clothes.  That seemed simple enough.  She lifted the box and turned around to head to his bedroom (their bedroom) and found Chase already there.  Still fighting just a tiny bit of anxiety, she plopped the box onto the bed and followed suit, plonking herself down.  

scott comes up behind elliott, leaning over to bring his lips close to her ear. “ hey lil mama lemme whisper in your ear, ” he imitates d-roc from the ying yang twins.