CHAPTER INCOMING !!
PLOTTED STARTER requested / @4gentwalker
it’s a few steps until she pushes the door open, the scent of burnt coffee and disinfectant following her into the hallway. wanda’s hand swings at her side, paper cup dangling from her fingers, steam curling up and vanishing into the dim light above. the sound of the door closing feels heavier than it should — like leaving something behind she didn’t mean to bring in.
she offers a soft smile to the woman at the desk, a small nod of parting, before her gaze finds him waiting down the corridor. for a heartbeat, she only studies him — the way patience seems to settle around him like a shadow — and then she moves, heels clicking softly against the floor.
“ shall we pick up something to eat to go with the terrible coffee? ” she asks, tone light but weary, a flicker of humor curving her mouth. the cup lifts slightly as if in proof of its crime, her other hand brushing a stray strand of hair behind her ear. she doesn’t say it, but it’s there in the quiet: the need to make the world outside that room feel a little more human again.