Perin arrived home, expecting Rowan to be already waiting, but instead arrived to an empty apartment. He felt a stab of anxiety at her absence but tamped it down, reasoning that he didn’t actually ask her what time she finished, he had just assumed it was when the clinic closed. He wanted to talk to her about going for dinner and his parent’s house again on Friday; Lance had text him earlier to say that his mother wanted to see them, and to get to know Rowan now that the issue from last time had been resolved. Perin knew that he needed to make amends with his mother after their last rather brusque conversation, but had been enjoying the time spent just Rowan and him and was loath to add more complication to that. He had a feeling that they wanted to get

