Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

Leo pulled out a chair and sat down next to Chunky, eyes glued to the computer. He pointed at the screen, breaking down exactly how to fix the glitch.

A few coworkers shot curious glances at "the boss's girl." She sat there, sweet and quiet, sometimes scrolling through her phone, sometimes looking up at her boyfriend across the room.

Leo and Chunky were still knee-deep in tech talk, hashing out solutions, totally oblivious to Anya watching them. "Chunky, this server just can't handle that much," Leo said. "We'll have to compress everything."

Chunky shook his head. "It's already as compressed as it'll go."

They kept trying different things, hoping something would stick.

After a while, Anya got thirsty and wandered over to Leo's desk. She grabbed his familiar water bottle and poked him on the shoulder. "Chad, is this your water bottle?"

Leo glanced over. "Didn't you buy that for me?"

Anya grinned. “Just making sure I don't grab someone else's by mistake."

She filled up the bottle at the water cooler and took a long drink.

Once she finished, boredom hit. She drifted outside to the patio, pacing back and forth before hopping down the steps one by one and leaping off the last one for good measure.

Through the

a normal person," Leo said, a mix of exasperation and affection. He got up and headed out the

back, hopping down and following Leo inside. He pulled up a chair right

and settled in

and handed it to Anya so she could snack

asked for a Sprite, so Leo popped one open-again, for Anya, who sipped it contentedly

longingly, practically drooling. "Anya,

to her chest. "Chunky,

world was rooting for or policing-Chunky's

Anya stopped eating, too. She just sat there, quietly watching cartoons

another sip of

nose at the

tried to

delivering downtown tonight. With a pout, she put her phone down. Leo shot her a

her chin on Leo's shoulder. "Chad, I guess

together a simple dinner at

got up