[ Stiff is understandable. It's not as if they've ever met intentionally before (at least not in a way both sides agreed to). It sticks out, though, that their last conversation didn't end in disaster. They have people they miss, pretty much all the time. In that sense, he's not so difficult to be around.]
Hey.
[ She closes a book of crossword puzzles that sitting on the table when she came in, leaving a pen to mark the page with a few more sections filled out. It's rare that she fills in one of these on her own these days. Graham is unreasonably good at them; a skill he says comes with twenty-eight years of experience.]
no subject
Hey.
[ She closes a book of crossword puzzles that sitting on the table when she came in, leaving a pen to mark the page with a few more sections filled out. It's rare that she fills in one of these on her own these days. Graham is unreasonably good at them; a skill he says comes with twenty-eight years of experience.]
I wasn't sure you'd come.