This story was written for the discord server Nightshift Writers’ bi-monthly prompt challenge, posed by /u/Ryter99. As always, prompts are open to deviation in order to be flexible for writers. Here’s the prompt:
It’s been said that any socially awkward situation between two people can be defused if one of them blurts “…And then they kiss?” in a hopeful tone. Prove or disprove that hypothesis by having one of your characters ask that question in a tense moment.
You may as well sidle up and warm your hands.