secret of love ; a hidden or undisclosed aspect of love, such as hidden feelings, clandestine relationships, or intimate secrets shared between partners.
connie springer x black reader
ever since jean came home you thought things would go back to normal and your feelings you thought you had for connie would subside. but they didn't. in fact, it seemed as if they got stronger in the midst of his absence around the house because he wasn't coming around as often as he was before. you didn't know what changed on his end but today would be the first time you cared enough to find out.
"hey," jean looked up from his laptop as you walked into his room.
"hey, what's wrong?"
"did you and connie like...fall out or something? he doesn't come over like that anymore."
"no we're still cool, we just haven't been talking as much. i hope he's okay though, why?"
"just wondering, bye." you left before he could ask you anything else. you had work later on that day but all you could think about was connie. it was like something in you ached for him and his presence and you hated it. you haven't felt this way about anyone since your ex and you saw how that turned out.
but then you remembered you still had his number so you texted him and got a response immediately.
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he was coming over after his shift and you hoped you'd be off work by then but then you had to get your thoughts straight because the only reason you were hoping to be off was to see a man. emotions and feelings genuinely scared you.
but unfortunately connie came by while you were finishing your shift at work so you didn't get to see him. but you didn't trip over it because you knew you'd see him some other time even if it was months from now until he showed up at your job while you were closing. you didn't even remember telling him where you worked or what kind of hours you had.
"wassup." connie walked in greeting you.
"aye man, we closed." your coworker announced.
"i'm with her.." connie gestured to you, finishing up your task and walking over to him. from connie's perspective, he didn't know if you were happy to see him or not because your face was so unreadable.
"how'd you know what time i got off?"
"jean told me. went to see him today, remember?"
"right right, i forgot."
"forgot? your memory is actually terrible." he laughed and earned a playful shove from you in response.
"so you gonna introduce us or keep cupcaking in front of us like kids?" you introduced connie to your coworkers and gathered a great response to him collectively. since you've been working at your job for a while, your coworkers were like your friends because you talked to them whenever you had the time in between work tasks about whatever and they did the same to you.
when everyone exited the space for the night, you and connie were conversing by your car.
"i'm sorry for being gone for so long. i hope you didn't think i was ghosting you or anything."
