Push the Button
It had been a rough day. They caught their suspects and got them charged, small time crooks who thought that they could play with the big boys. In the take down, he had been pistol whipped across the face.
He let her doctor him with ice packs on his face as it made her happy but he was happy to go home alone. He knew that she would come over if he asked her to, like a good friend when he wanted more. He had been dropping hints and gestures for weeks but she was completely oblivious to them.
She had been thinking about this for a while.
Making the first move.
He had been sending out all the right signals to her.
His intense looks followed by his smile. Looks that say she is sweeter than candy, when he thought that no one was watching. The candy or doughnut on her desk as a surprise. Stocking of her hidden stash place in the car as well as the glove box. Touches that lasted a little longer than they should. The compliments on her clothes, saying she was off the richter scale and she looked hot. Being protective even when he knows she can handle it better than him.
She knows that he is home. She can see his car in its carpark. She can see his light is on.
Summoning her courage, she opens the car door and walks across the road, carrying the food and beers that she bought as an excuse.
Climbing the stairs, she reaches his door.
She presses the doorbell and hears a dog bark in the background. Smiling to herself, she waits for him to open the door.
"Hey"
"I thought beer and food might be what the doctor ordered for you. Resting in front of the tv? Game on or reality tv?"
"How do you know that?" he stood back to let her into his apartment. Closing the door after she entered.