[Being supportive of Gale's research and academic work feels like the first small, but tangible step into developing this new relationship beyond the unmistakable chemistry she denied for so long. It felt nice, good even, to do something meaningful this early on and to correct a mistake of hers.

As she moves their plates and cups to the nightstand, she wrinkles her nose at his compliment. He's. So much.]

I'm nothing, if not professional even if it's the literary arts. It wouldn't do for me to dress casually. I'd be misrepresenting my department.