honcrables·:
“you shouldn’t be out after dark.” they’re the only two in this particular coffee shop ; and rené knows why HE’S there, but not much else. the end of the night conference call he’d been assured would only last an hour had run on an extra too, and when he was already running late…- the DESIRE that he had to go home to an empty apartment was low. he had given up coffee, along with many other vices, almost seven years ago. kiera’s disappearance had driven him back to them. “the city isn’t safe”
Dark eyes flicked away from the words in her book and towards the person who spoke as Jess frowned at the stranger who had spoken up. “That sounds like something someone who was trying to make me feel safe around them would say,” she countered smoothly with a slight smirk. “Go ahead and try me, old man. See if I’m not safe,” Jessica tacked on, feeling the sense that this man was not in fact dangerous at all. Challenging him just came naturally and her instincts told her doing so wouldn’t cause trouble.
