Marcus is staying in a convent. This is fine, and preferable to a motel because the nuns give him bed and board for free, but there’s nothing quite like accidentally making eye contact with the Virgin Mary on the wall while you try and get your jeans unzipped.
His phone beeps again and he grabs it anxiously, toes curling in hot, heady anticipation. Which immediately flickers out. He exhales in frustration and lobs the phone to the end of the bed.
After a moment, he snaps, “Oh, shut it,” at Mary on the wall, and reclaims it.
fine be careful
There. That’s not childish or frustrated or needy. Right?
Mary’s still staring at him. She looks disappointed. He glares at her and rolls over onto his stomach so he doesn’t have to see.
omg what a treat
His phone beeps again and he grabs it anxiously, toes curling in hot, heady anticipation. Which immediately flickers out. He exhales in frustration and lobs the phone to the end of the bed.
After a moment, he snaps, “Oh, shut it,” at Mary on the wall, and reclaims it.
fine be careful
There. That’s not childish or frustrated or needy. Right?
Mary’s still staring at him. She looks disappointed. He glares at her and rolls over onto his stomach so he doesn’t have to see.