Minutiae

Yesterdays

She wasn't not happy. At all. Her shift had gone as well as it usually did - no particular complaints from customers, a bit of bristling at the shouting in the kitchen, a sore back after several hours had past, but no major issues.

Until Marie had opened her big mouth and decided to say in that pathetically contemptuous, whiny voice of hers how'terrible' she felt for'poor' Stephanie, living in sin with her lazy boyfriend. She'd bitten down on her tongue to stop herself from responding how she wanted to but, as she walked to the front door of the house she shared with Lindsey, she still felt that burning anger residing in her chest. God, what a hypocritical, self-righteous asshole. God needed to smite her with lighting or force the ground to swallow her whole or create a plague of locusts or something. She deserved it, the bitch. She shook her head, trying to rid herself of those thoughts, digging through her bag for her keys and then letting herself in.

"Oof!" she said as she ran straight into the solid body of her boyfriend. "What the hell?"

Laughing, Lindsey tapped the tip of her nose and waited until she looked up at him. "Good to see you too, Stevie."

"Hmph," she replied sniffily, trying to move past him into the living room. She just wanted to go and hide in their bedroom for a little while, calm down. His hands were firm on her shoulders, though, and she stopped in her tracks again as he searched her face, concerned.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah," she sighed. "Fine. Just a shit day at work."

"I'm glad you're home," he murmured into her ear, wrapping her up in a warm cuddle. "I've missed you."

Laughing, she tugged his ear affectionately and pulled him down for a long, deep kiss. "Missed you too, you idiot."