Popcorn

Harvey had been sitting on the couch for 15 minutes, holding a pot of popcorn, waiting for his wife to finish whatever she was doing and join him in watching the movie he had prepared on TV.

"Donna!" he yells, annoyed. "Come here right away."

"One minute!" she yells from the bathroom, applying a vitamin C serum to her face.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"The same thing I do every night, Harvey," she rolls her eyes.

"If you knew we were going to watch the movie, couldn't you have started earlier?"

"I'm almost done, stop complaining, fucked grumpy," she screams again.

"If there's no more popcorn when you get here, I won't apologize," he shouts and eats a handful of popcorn.

"Don't even think about it!" she grunts, hurrying to get to the living room.

"Yeah, I knew that would work to get you here," he says, proud of his strategy.

"I'm not finished yet, and you just tricked me," she huffs and reaches over to grab a handful of popcorn.

"I don't care that you're not finished," he says determinedly and wraps his foot around her heel so she can't run away quickly.

"Harvey!" she whines.

"And I don't care if you whine either," he says as he wraps his arms around her hips. "Bring your pretty little ass over here," he says, making her sit on his lap.

"If my face gets old, it'll be your fault," she snorts, crossing her arms.

"I'm getting old waiting for you!" he sits, and she can't help but laugh.

"I promise it's only 2 more minutes."

"No, stay here," he says, guiding her to sit next to him and wrapping his arms around her shoulders, though she resists.

"Give me that popcorn then," she grunts, grabbing the pot for herself as he presses play on the movie. He just laughs and steals a handful of popcorn from her. "I got old, waiting for you for 15 years, you asshole." She whispers under her breath and nudges him, withdrawing further into herself so he doesn't reach for the popcorn.

"Oh no, you can't keep winning every argument by throwing that in my face. That's getting old too." He snorts, and he stays still for a few seconds so that she lowers her guard and when the moment is right, he takes the popcorn from her.