&& — STARTER FOR TESSA CAVANAUGH, @tesscvngh ,
“are you following me or something?” is his first reaction after bumping onto her for what seems to be the tenth time in a few months. obviously, that is an exaggeration—mathieu, as per usual, likes to make things more dramatic and bigger than they are, and his tone shows it perfectly. but, if he’s to be fair, sterling is really the last place he had expected to see tessa. seeing her in seattle was already quite a big surprise, but now they live in the same place?
few were the times they’ve crossed paths in the past ten years. it’s like a weird friendship, that loses its way suddenly and then comes back just as unexpectedly. however, it’s obvious he isn’t going to complain about it—there isn’t anyone like tessa, the one he doesn’t feel obligated to give details of his life, summing up happenings emotionless and having a good laugh. that’s the kind of thing he simply needs sometimes. “isn’t it enough we live in the same town again?”