Held Light, Held Close
He leaned forward just enough to make the question feel like a dare, his coffee sloshing dangerously close to the armrest.
“Yes,” she said.
He sat up a little, feigning surprise, coffee sloshing dangerously. “Without clocks, I mean. Unless you’ve got an internal atomic clock in there, in which case, I want one for Christmas.”
“Yes.”
“What is it, then? Come on, impress us.”
She checked her phone, not because she needed to but because it was there—a small rebellion against the prank, her thumb swiping with deliberate slowness. “Eight forty-two.”
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