Until I Wrote Him
he echoed softly, and for a second, his smile didn’t reach his eyes.
The silence that followed wasn’t uncomfortable.
It was contemplative, like we were both trying to figure out what we were doing here, driving through a city that never slept but somehow felt eerily quiet tonight.
He broke it first.
“So,” he said, his tone lighter again, “what do you do when you’re not writing terrifyingly accurate descriptions of people’s psyches?”
“Watch cartoons,” I said without missing a beat.
That earned a raised brow. “Cartoons?”
“Yes, cartoons,” I said defensively. “I still love animation. Sue me.”