#it took me ages to figure out we hadn't even located these two?? dhgdg

[barkskins]

jasper reached for the table water with both hands and glugged a healthy dose down. at the very least, it was something to occupy his nervous hands. running their sleeve over their mouth, their eyes darting to the server, he promptly tapped the part of the menu that communicated that they wanted something chocolatey. his gaze flitted, wide-eyed, to ophelia’s phone. “oh, gosh—please don’t answer it.” they squeaked. “i just want to have some time where i'm not being hounded by her. i'm an adult.” sure, maybe jasper enjoyed hot chocolate and cartoons on a particularly stressful evening, shrouded in blankets and reading a good book, but they were twenty-five and independent. he had worked hard for that trophy.

whether  their  reason  for  celebration  is  concerning  or  not  ,  there's  never  a  reason  for  denying  a  rich  ,  chocolatey  desert  .  "  nothing  cures  adrenal  nausea  quite  like  chocolate  .  definitely  both  .  "  phe  attempts  to  sit  higher  in  her  chair  ,  dropping  palms  beneath her thighs to  raise herself   just  enough  to  lock  eyes  with  the  server  .  there's  no  time  to  waste  when  it  comes  to  cake    and  brownies  .  just  as  she  plunks  back  down  does  her  own  phone  buzz  against  the  table  .  "  how  much  do  you  wanna  wager  that's  mum  ??  "