Disclaimer: I own nothing, and only borrowed the characters for a little while.
Christmas tunes playing in the background, wine in hand, Office Riley Dunn couldn't take her eyes of the couple on the other side of the room.
It was Tommy Sullivan who sat on the chair, a beer loosely in hand... and Megan Hunt who sat on his lap, an equally wide grin on her happy face.
His arm was wrapped securely around her, his hand planted possessively on her upper thigh and there was no shame when the ME leaned in to kiss him, her hair falling to caress his cheek.
Her heart clenched: they had eyes only for each other.
She was never far from them as the night progressed, making bare small talk as she moved around the room. She stood firm, grinned and bore it when Tommy wished her Merry Christmas, and was inwardly thankful when his other half failed to approach.
On her seventh glass of wine, she saw when they left, hand in hand, and it was only then that Riley saw the ring glittering on the left hand of Dr Megan Hunt.
She turned away.
He was never hers to have.
