Juniper whirled back around, her heart thundering against her ribs as she cut through their conversation. “So, work! Yes, let’s discuss work.” But even as she spoke, the lighting caught his profile. The silk of her dress twisted with the sudden movement, clinging to her thighs. “The jury - we need to gameplan tomorrow. I know what they’re going to try, it’s going to be obviousness.” Her head bobbed with nervous energy as she attempted to steer them back to safer territory, her crossed legs tight, one heel bouncing against air.

The walls were crumbling faster now, and she wasn’t sure she wanted to rebuild them or if it was a different kind of walls she was thinking of..

Daniel leaned back, something softening in his expression that made her stomach do something inconvenient.

When did he start looking at me like that again? The warm lighting caught his features at just the right angle, highlighting planes and shadows she had no business cataloging.

Sophia’s declaration pulled her back from that dangerous train of thought: ”…I’m good, I think you two have this covered. You’re quite the dynamic duo - I need to find one of those apps, expand my social circle a bit.”