I don’t look at you any particular way.
Sure, Sullivan. And I don’t spend twenty minutes styling my hair to look “effortlessly tousled”
Maddox
Twenty minutes? For hair that looks like you stuck your finger in an electrical socket?
HEY. This is premium chaos. It takes skill to look this accidentally perfect.
Maddox
“Accidentally perfect”
Was that… was that an emoji? From the man who probably still has a flip phone?
Maddox
I’ll have you know I WOULD still have a flip phone if Maya hadn’t upgraded my phone against my will. Also she’s reading over my shoulder right now and says to tell you she’s team #Maddrian
Not sure our ship name should be so… Maddox-central.
Maddox
It’s better than #Adriox
Okay that one sounds like a cleaning product. Fine. Maddrian it is.
Maddox
There is no Maddrian. It’s a made-up word for a made-up thing.
Sure, but tell that to the 847 people who used the hashtag in the last hour.
Maddox
I’m turning my phone off now.
Wait! Before you go full hermit mode… for tomorrow’s Christmas tree cutting, remember to dress warm. And maybe try to look less like you’re attending your own execution?
Maddox
I enjoy a lecture on warm clothing from someone who owns more Speedos than sweaters.
How do you know about my Speedos… has someone been scrolling social media incognito?
There was a pause, and I wondered if I’d annoyed him or embarrassed him. Or both. But a few minutes later, I got a response.
Maddox
Of course I checked you out before agreeing to do business with you.
Checked me out. I like the sound of that, Sullivan.
Maddox
Your *account*. And since it seems you can’t go a week without posting a cheesecake thirst trap shot, I’ve had my eyeballs seared by several images of you wearing nothing but dick mittens.
I… don’t even know how to respond to that. Dick mittens?
