[ the location is strategic and she supposes she's lucky it's a) a diner and b) a 24/7 place but after the better part of a week staking out the comings and goings in the alleyway across the street, jess has sworn off eggs in all their forms. now she subsists on endless coffee, the flask in her jacket that's full of whiskey, and an order of pancake puppies when her stomach protests the emptiness (thus making it harder to drink more).
there's a plate of them in front of her, half the order remaining, and she's going over the pictures on her phone when she's joined. a peripheral scan and she knows who it is. his "pay no mind to me" fashion statement blends right in with the low-brow crowd that makes up a third of hell's kitchen but something sets him distinctly apart. ]
Welcome to my office. [ she responds dryly, then puts down her phone and pins him with a stare. right, it's his eyes, they just keep going, like a deep well of all the shit he's had to go through. jess doesn't quail, allowing the silence to sluice in while she awaits his reason for being here. here, specifically. she's usually the one doing the stalking. ]
setting after the # thread if that's ok!
there's a plate of them in front of her, half the order remaining, and she's going over the pictures on her phone when she's joined. a peripheral scan and she knows who it is. his "pay no mind to me" fashion statement blends right in with the low-brow crowd that makes up a third of hell's kitchen but something sets him distinctly apart. ]
Welcome to my office. [ she responds dryly, then puts down her phone and pins him with a stare. right, it's his eyes, they just keep going, like a deep well of all the shit he's had to go through. jess doesn't quail, allowing the silence to sluice in while she awaits his reason for being here. here, specifically. she's usually the one doing the stalking. ]