After-work drinks were a regular thing, even after she left the company she often joined us, and this night like many others she and I were left alone, talking shit and drinking wayyyy too much for a school night. She was smart, funny, and just a bit twisted.
We decided to finish our last pint and step out for a final smoke, after which we’d usually head to our respective homes.
She led the way, and I gladly followed her up the stairs, admiring her hot ass and gorgeous thigh gap. I’d been crushing on her since she joined the team, but when she worked with us I kept it friendly but professional, and besides, she was way out of my nerdy league, I thought. So even if we often spoke about our various relationships, I kept my lustful desires to myself.
So we shared a cigarette. Gross habit, but it was our dirty secret. Work and our love life had been difficult on both of us, and somehow talking about it opened us up to deeper subjects, core values, shared interests. Any time we spoke, from politics to pop culture, we just clicked, it was effortless.