It felt stupid to do, but he couldn’t just get back to work when he knew that the desk outside Mallory’s office sat there vacant. He’d take walks past it to the watercooler just hoping on the way back that Naomi would be there to tease him to stop procrastinating. Warren felt unsettled right down to the bone. No matter how many notes he took, no matter how many stories he wrote, he couldn’t shake it. He didn’t expect himself to. Deciding not to ignore it anymore, he strode right on past the desk and knocked at Mallory’s door, trademark grin exchanged for a thin line. If this is how he felt, he couldn’t imagine how Mallory was feeling. @mallorybordeaux










