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I blinked “I just turned thirty, three days ago”

His lips tilted up in a sht his cup to his lips

I watched the muscles in his throat as he sed

His eyes, however, were all on me as he took me in

“You’re not interested in picking up where we left off last night at the bar,” he guessed

I felt hed “There are reasons”

Will’s face went stoic for a few seconds as he said, “You’re allowed to say no At any point in time, and I’ll heed it”

“Heed it?” I founddespite the seriousness of the conversation “You sound like you’re using a different language sometimes”

He shrugged “I read a lot And I graduated with a degree in English Sometimes it just happens”

Da was hot

Will reading would be hotter

“But it doesn’t matter even if you wanted to pick up where we left off I really do need to go get onna walk itself,” he teased

“Ain’t gonna” I s directly in front of hiht”

He brought his hand up and trailed it along the bridge of my nose

Such an innocent touch, but one I felt in the deepest part of me

“You’re welco your nipple”

Laughing, I skirted past hiot dressed

When I caain dressed in h luckily a bit dryer than before, it was to find him fully dressed as well

He was once again in his detective uniform—a nice pair of unwrinkled jeans, a wide black belt, a black polo that had ‘PPD’ eh

I pointed at the gun

“That’s not where you wore that last time I saw you,” I accused

He walked up to me with a slip of fabric in his hands

When he reached ht the ends of my t-shirt, then slowly started to lift it overfor me to say no

I didn’t say no

In fact, I steeledas far as to raise h above my head

He slipped the shirt off of aze, and never letting it wander

My heart was beating a mile a minute when he carelessly tossed my shirt in the direction of the washer, then slipped the fabric in his hand over my head

It was a t-shirt much like the one I’d had on before, only this one was much more faded, and said a different police department on it—Gun Barrel PD

“Gun Barrel?” I asked curiously