Neon Nights

Her hand rested on his leg and she tilted her head.

“But...?”

 

She sat up too, watching him thoughtfully.

“What if we scouted tonight? Looked around the area?”

 

She hesitated before kissing his cheek.

“We don’t have to go back to the warehouse, if you don’t want to.”

 

“Okay, okay,” she soothed. “That’s okay. But you know we’re going to have to sooner or later, right?”

 

She got out of bed, going over to the edge of their nook.

“I want to go on a run in a little while...”

 

She looked back at him with a playful grin and a wink.

“I always am.”

 

“I love you,” she told him, heading out.

 

She began to run, leaping to the next building and disappearing.

 

(Zoop?)

 

She returned about an hour and a half later, panting for breath. She was sweating and she slowed to a stop in the entrance, her hands on her hips as she tried to catch her breath.