Tethered ? Awsten Knight

WARNING: this is a spicy chapter so if that's not your thing, I would skip that part. Trust me you'll be able to tell when it's coming.

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Monday
10:03 AM

I heard a knock on our door and I froze from where I sat on the couch with my coffee in my hand.

I was in my sweats today with some fuzzy socks taking it easy.

What else was I gonna do?

Well, I did want to clean the apartment today.

But my heart was racing in my chest from the knock on the door that had happened not even 10 seconds ago.

There's no way Josh came back again...but what if he did - who would have let him in?

If I just stayed still, nobody would know I was even in the apartment.

But my anxiety would not let me stay still.

So I got up and walked to the door to lookout the peephole.

There was no one there...

But I did see something on the floor, I just couldn't really make it out.

So I slowly removed the top lock, then the bottom and opened the door.

There was an assortment of a dozen yellow roses sitting there.

I looked to both sides of the hallway again before I picked them up and shut out apartment door behind me, making sure to lock it again with the free hand I could spare before walking the flowers into my room.

The fact that they were yellow...

I picked up the little card that was attached to them and opened it, nibbling on my bottom lip while I stared at the writing.

Hope these brighten the start of you week :)
- Awsten

And one of my favorite colors.

I went to my phone and our texts and stared for a minute before clicking on the little (I) in the upper right and stared at the call button...

I should call him.

So I did, nervously pacing around my bedroom and waited for him to answer.

"Hi, Tatum." He answered. I could hear that little smile in his voice.

"Hi, Awsten." I put the flowers on the dresser beside my bed. "You're not busy, are you?"

"Nah, just working on some stuff I ended up not being able to get to yesterday. Did you get your flowers?"

"I just did, thank you." I bit down on my bottom lip again. "That's so sweet of you. I love them."

"You're very welcome. I'm glad you like them. They came okay?"

"Yeah, they're beautiful." I nodded even though he couldn't see me. "What are you up to today?"