Office Affair

A night of vivid dreams

Dominic

The night proved to be colder than he'd expected, and his leather couch sent chills down his spine when he laid down. He huffed, trying to cover as much of himself as possible with a coat. It was uncomfortable, to say the least, but it will have to do. He took a deep breath and counted to ten, trying to relax. He somehow managed to do that when he heard that the door to his office were opening. He stretched out his neck to see who it was, and then his heart picked up the pace.

„Anya?"

„Hello, Dominic."

„What are you doing in here?!"

„I thought you might want some more company tonight, and my home was the last place that I wanted to be at."

„Sure, come closer." He gestured to her with his finger. She came over and sat down at the level of his waist. He made her some space by turning on his hip. He took her hand in his, to convince himself that she was not an illusion. Her fingers were soft and warm, and he relaxed even more.

„Am I dreaming?"

„It doesn't feel like a dream."

„Lie down next to me, please."

She did. The couch had just enough width to accomodate both of them. Dominic touched her cheek. She was smiling, and he smiled in return.

„I'm glad you're with me tonight."

„Me too." She whispered. Then she neared her face to his and kissed his lips. Dominic felt the fire all over his body. He put his arm around her waist and pulled her closer to his chest, clinging onto her for, what seemed, dear life. Then the door burst open again, and someone blinded him by opening the curtains.

„I do apologize, Dominic, but I can't let you sleep any longer. I wish I could, because you had that sweet smile on your face, but people are slowly starting to show up and you don't need the audience, do you?" Michelle turned to him and patiently waited as he woke up from his slumber. So it was a dream after all. He should have known that someone so amazing as Anya would be interested in him. He sighed.

„How did you know that I was here and asleep?"

„I didn't, but the building security saw your car parked here the whole night, and he asked me to make sure that you're all right. I hope I didn't overstep any boundaries."

„No, that's fine. Thank you for waking me up. Hey, have you ever had those dreams that felt too real, like you're deep in the moment with them and you can't discern them from reality? Because I think I just had one of those."

„I can't say that I have, no. Lucky you."

„I guess you could say that." He nodded while he looked at his fingertips. Why was the feeling of Anya's skin still too real, like he had really touched her? Sadly, or luckily, he couldn't decide, he didn't have the time to think about it any more, because he heard the regular commotion outside. It was time to put on his big boss pants and get to do some actual work, but only after he made himself some coffee. He went to the kitchen, filled the water bowl almost to the brim and patiently waited for it to brew. He made himself coffee and almost bumped into Anya, who walked his way but looking somewhere behind her back.

„Careful, please, it's hot." He grabbed her by the waist, put his hand to the side so that the coffee would not spill all over them, and spun her around, out of the harm's way. She simply laughed.

„Well that was a close call. Thank you, Dominic."

„How is everything going?"

„So far so good. I might need your assistance later, but not yet."