Character: Meredith; Pairing: Meredith/Alex; Rating: K+; Prompt: Boil
Summary: There's always the hope it could be amazing. Set in some kind of future.
It's been simmering for years, under the denial, the adamant not-going-there for the sake of other people and friendship.
But now? There's no one left to hurt, really, and their friendship's solid, their moral compasses sufficiently skewed, their hearts tough enough that, even if sex goes south, they'll still have each other.
(And there's always the hope it could be amazing.)
She hands him a coffee, scalding hot from the kettle whose bubbling and steaming is like a bad metaphor for her feelings, and lets her fingers trail against his hand.
"Yeah?" he asks, raising an eyebrow.
She smiles. "Yeah."