Storm was already rolling in by the time we got home.
Soon as we got inside both of us headed to our own rooms and went to bed.
Think we were both exhausted.
Fell asleep fast.
Whole house shaking every now and then from the thunder and lightning.
That’s when I heard footsteps in the hallway.
Door opened slow.
Looked over.
Z was standing there in the dark.
“You alright?”
She shrugged once.
“Never liked storms.”
Another crack of thunder hit almost immediately after she said it.
I moved over a little and kind of muttered under my breath.
“Never thought it would be thunder and lightning that would take down the mighty Z.”
She looked at me for a second.
“Bite me, jackass.”
Then she climbed into bed.
After a while though she started relaxing.
Eventually her head ended up against my shoulder without either of us acknowledging it.
Strange thing was it didn’t feel awkward.
Think somewhere along the line this stopped being two people working on the same project.