Before Midnight

[Matt Wilson]

Matt took a step back as he studied the food he had on the stove. He wasn't going to claim he actually had mastered cooking or anything along those lines. Grilling, sure, but cooking? Definitely not a master. He was, however, good enough to produce a halfway decent steak dinner. He'd grilled the meat himself on the grill downstairs, making sure to pick the best cuts he could find. It had been almost tempting to completely cook downstairs, but he had wanted to at least fill the room with some sort of pleasant food odor before Tamara Sulik showed up. So he'd opted to make the sweet potatoes and salad and so forth in his actual apartment. He'd gotten everything together and was fairly certain he'd nailed it. He leaned over the baked sweet potatoes, sniffing. Yep, definitely nailed it.

"Now," he said, rubbing his hands together and backing up, "jus' gotta figure out which wine, which means headin' down' an'--" and then Matt heard the knock. Shrugging he headed for the door, opening it and grinning. He knew he at least looked good: black button down shirt and well pressed jeans. He'd made certain to wear his apron, and he'd taken that off.

"Hey there beautiful," he said, leaning forward to give her a kiss, "was jus' thinkin' 'bout what we're gonna drink. Food's over there," he turned and pointed toward the kitchen. "But first: how you doin'?" Matt grinned then, fighting the urge to just reach out and pull the woman into his room. It was one that he had to fight pretty continually, when it came down to it.

[Tamara Sulik]

Tamara was actually glad to be out of the school for the evening. She thought moving from monitor to being the head of the housing staff would give him a break but it just moved the bad stuff to another place. And she still had to deal with some drama. She was just spared the easiest ones to handle, the monitors could do it. And that was a lot of paperwork. She never thought she’d end up in an office job. But at least she had her evenings for herself and she was very happy about it. The schedule alone made it worth it. And when she needed to unwind, she always could count on Matt.

It wouldn’t be the first time she’d make her way to Matt’s place. It was more convenient that way. And it gave her a break. It was one thing when students were fighting with each other but when two dorm monitors tried to pin the blame of what happened on the other one, she just wanted to go away and let them tear each other apart. In the end, things went for the better but she had the bad luck of asking how it happened in the first place and she dealt with these two getting at each other.

As he opened the door she already felt a tad more relaxed. The smell of food reminded her she was hungry. And Matt looked pretty good too. She made sure to dress up a bit and fix her hair and makeup before coming here. He kissed her quick before saying the food was ready and he was just looking for the drink. She smiled though as he preferred to ask her how she was before resuming what he was doing. “Let’s just say I’m very happy we’re having this tonight,” she told her as she wrapped her arms around him and kissed her again. That felt better than anything she had been forced to deal with. That done, she smiled softly, feeling better indeed just being here. She patted his chest before moving to the side. “Won’t stop you, just don’t keep me waiting too long, alright?” She really needed that break tonight.