I really should be doing some work!
Ruth took off her glasses. Dimitri said something about them suiting her but she wasn't quite listening. She had too much to do. In fact the more she did the more the pile of files on the desk seemed to grow rather than dwindle, it felt like they might overtake her desk and swamp her at any moment.
Time went by in a blur and she realised it was late in the evening. The stack of files was definitely higher than it had been previously and for a moment she felt she was looking at the leaning tower of Pisa.
Alec shouted 'ciao' and left. It had been a strange day.
She didn't know the time but knew it was late and the grid was bathed in a warm glow, she was the only one left. She was typing up another report when she began to spin around. It was Harry. He was behind her and he was spinning her to him.
"Harry."
"Ruth, I've been meaning to do this all day."
He placed one hand on each arm of her chair and leant down and kissed her. He tasted of red wine and chocolate and she could feel herself melting into his kiss. His mouth was as warm and soft and welcoming as she'd always imagined. Then he was pulling her up, out of the chair and clasping her to him so that she could hardly breathe. She wondered why he had never done this before. It would have made nights on the grid so much nicer. He was becoming more and more passionate and it felt as if his hands were everywhere touching every part of her, sending tiny shocks all around her body.
"Ruth, I want you." He said and his voice felt like red wine and chocolate. He bent her back onto her desk and the pile of files scattered and fell like a house of cards all over the grid.
It didn't matter. Nothing mattered anymore. All she could feel was him, all she could taste and smell were him.
"Harry, I've still got my glasses on"" she said.
She opened her eyes. Her breathing was heavy and she was sweating. Her body still felt charged and electrified, her senses heightened.
The alarm clock was going off.
She closed her eyes and most mightily wished herself back asleep but the moment was lost. And yet she could almost still feel him, it had all been so vivid.
She turned off the alarm and got up, wondering if she would be able to look him in the face today.
Consequences to come, methinks.