Watching you watch her.
not really but kinda a drabble.. (496 W.C)
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6:45 a.m., and you’re already awake. Not because you have to be. Because you know she’ll be at the gym by seven.
Abby is predictable like that.
Six a.m. alarm. Egg whites. Oatmeal. Black coffee. Seven sharp, she’s under the bar like she’s got something to prove.
You sit in your car longer than you mean to, checking the mirror, fixing your hair, pretending you don’t care whether it’s perfect.She only takes quick glances.But they’re enough.Enough to make you wonder if she noticed you skipped your iced coffee that morning. Enough to make you feel studied. Abby is good at reading people and collecting small details like it’s evidence.
The gym doors slide open with a low mechanical hum as you step inside. Fluorescent lights buzz overhead, casting a harsh glow across the empty rows of equipment.
She is already there.
Abby stands near the squat rack with her hair pulled back and her shoulders tight, the barbell resting across her palms as if it belongs there. She looks completely focused, completely controlled.
She does not look up when you walk in.
She does not pause or hesitate.
But her hands tighten slightly around the bar.
You notice the way her knuckles pale before she lifts the weight again, her movements precise and disciplined. It is subtle, almost unnoticeable to anyone else, but you see it. You move further into the gym, choosing a set of dumbbells you do not really need and setting yourself up closer than needed. You’re close enough that she will be aware of you. Close enough that she cannot pretend you are not there. Still, she doesn’t look at you. “You’re here early,” you say quietly as though you do not already know her routine down to the minute. There’s a slight pause followed by the clank of metal as she reracks the weights she had in her hands.
“I’m always here early,” Abby mumbled.
You tilted your head slightly, pretending to think about it.
“Yeah,” you say softly, “I know.”That is when she finally glances at you. It is quick and sharp, gone almost as soon as it happens, but it is enough. It always is.
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