he’d woken up with a headache, dry throat, the throbbing in the crown of his skull that spoke to a certain level of semi-permanence. the lab, normally a siren song seemed more like a punishment, no amount of specialty lights was going to appease the monster building up tension in his temples. behind his eyes. the sunglasses on his face, dark tinted, thick framed, designer , helped to block out the harsh light of the sun as he ducked into a local coffee shop. perfectly intent on ordering a coffee, black as night, no space for cream, his mind, moving as fast as a bullet train even now comes to a screeching halt when he spots the curve of a familiar jaw. HE KNOWS HER. he knows the curve of those lips, those eyes, the lock of hair tucked behind her ear and he freezes. ( do you look both ways when you cross my mind ? ) sidled up next to her, short legs eat up the space between them. “ you look familiar doll, have we met before? or is that just my dreams ? “ his cocky grin, his sure stance, the way he leaned against the coffee counter, the truth hidden underneath a flirtatious tone and a flick of one dark brow.