I'm on a fire escape
Where you said to wait
And I did, yes I did
Oh, I heard the cold winds say:
"You're a fool to stay"
But I did, yes I did

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From: Batman
Fire escape. 9pm sharp. Tonight.

She read over the text message before putting her phone back on her desk and continuing with her work. Working at City Hall definitely had its perks – a nice office, privacy during meetings and access to every legal document in Charming. No one would suspect a clerk and that is why she took the job as soon as she graduated high school. She could have gone to college, she was smart enough, but she had a duty and so she never went. She didn't even know what she would study there. She looked at the clock in the corner of her computer screen. Seven hours to go. She could do it. She always could. She had the patience of a fucking saint. That's why he chose her. That's why he started texting her for their secret meetings. He knew that she would wait for him for hours while he got wasted with his buddies. She hated herself for it, hated that she allowed herself to be controlled by him, but she couldn't live without him, she needed those little moments as much as he did. Those quiet moments of bliss where the world around them dissipated and allowed them to just exist in the most primal way possible. She just had to wait seven hours.

She parked her car down the street so no one from work would see it parked where she was going and put two and two together and make five. The party was in full swing when she arrived and she walked over to the side of the large building and climbed halfway up the cold metal steps, gasping in surprise at the slight chill against her skin as she sat down, and began her long wait. She checked the time on her phone.

8.58 pm.

Two minutes.

She could wait two minutes. She'd been waiting for six hours, she could wait two more minutes. Goosebumps sprung up across her arms and legs and she shivered slightly, wishing she was around the corner where the people and the fire and the warmth was, but he didn't want anyone to know about her and so she stayed, shaking in the shadows.

One minute.

She wiggled her toes in her shoes, not wanting them to lose circulation, and it was a sad effort to keep her body warm. She held her breath as someone passed the bottom of the steps but they didn't see her and she released her breath once they were around the corner. She thought about what he wanted, what he would do with her, once he showed up. The way he would kiss her and the way he would gently slid his fingers across her skin as they moved together. She shivered again, from excitement this time, and thought back to when they had met up the last time.

He'd left her waiting for nearly an hour and a half but God if he didn't make it worth it. His mouth trailed a blaze over her bare skin as he removed her clothes, taking care not to ruin them, and his hands had followed, leaving every nerve in her body on high alert. She shivered again, willing him to hurry up, knowing that he was taking his sweet time to annoy her.

A shadow appeared at the bottom of the stairs and she instantly recognised the curly haired biker. "What are you doing little darlin'?" He asked and she gave him a look. Tig climbed the steps and sat next to her, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "You're freezing."

"I'm fine." She said and cursed internally as it shook.

"He's not even here doll. He left two hours ago." He said and she looked at him. "Took a girl with him and said he wouldn't be back."

"I'm such an idiot."

"Happens to us all darlin'. Come on, let's get you warmed up." He said moving his arms under her armpits and knees and lifting her into his arms.

"Tig. Stay with me." She barely whispered as he carried her down the steps and he froze for a second before looking her in the eyes.

"I'm never going to leave you alone."

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From: Tigger
You're an asshole.