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.

on a temporary fix. Through the big warehouse

He got up and

following Leo inside. He pulled up a chair right next to his. "Sit here.

settled in

bag and handed it to

popped one open-again, for Anya, who sipped

"Anya, let me have a bite

the snacks to her chest. "Chunky,

felt like the whole world was rooting for or

sat there, quietly watching cartoons on her

took another sip of

at

to order takeout.

tonight. With a pout, she put her phone down. Leo shot her a look. "Told you not to come, but you wouldn't listen. Now there's nothing to eat

on Leo's shoulder. "Chad,

dropped by, so they cobbled together a simple dinner at Leo's studio, working straight through

got