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Prompt #2: Middles
Word count: 100
She hovered anxiously in the doorway, watching him work. His breathing was steady, his chest rising and falling with the occasional turn of the page. So intent was she on her study of him that she nearly missed his question.
"How long are you going to stand there?" he asked softly.
She giggled and stepped inside the quiet study. "I hadn't decided," she admitted, coming around to where he sat. "Besides," she added, leaning casually on the desk, "you're in the middle of working."
He shrugged and tossed the brief aside, the thick sheaf fluttering to the floor. "Not anymore."