( thank god she'd just launched right into it, the casual conversation, not leaving an opening for an awkward stuttering start to the call. it's a relief.
then again, what did he expect? conversation with karen had always come so much more easily than he thought. a slow smile grows on his face, and it loosens some of that knot of tension in his stomach as he paces the echoing empty space of his apartment. which she can hear, a little, in the tinny acoustics behind him — there's almost no furniture for his voice to bounce off. )
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then again, what did he expect? conversation with karen had always come so much more easily than he thought. a slow smile grows on his face, and it loosens some of that knot of tension in his stomach as he paces the echoing empty space of his apartment. which she can hear, a little, in the tinny acoustics behind him — there's almost no furniture for his voice to bounce off. )
Sounds like an emergency. What's up?