Infuriating, in Every Sense of the Word [oneshot]

Slowly he started noticing how cute she was; the stupid, adorable things she did, the annoying habits that somehow grew on him. The stubbornness that infuriated him beyond words, which he somehow became so very fond of... The word ‘cute’ had seemed so foreign to his mind at the time, but it would only intrude and push its way into his vocabulary more until it became a daily occurrence, as common and natural as the mumbled ‘Good Morning’ he and Alexa shared every day.