A few hours later, Linus finally had a chance to see Micah. He smiled.
“Hey, how are you?”
Micah looked tired, but he smiled back. “Better for seeing you. Sorry I had to rush out. Had to get to my shift. And had to go home and feed the cat first.”
“I figured it was something like that.”
“I’m off in an hour. How about you?”
“Got another three.”
Micah grimaced. “Wanna come over when you’re done?”
Linus’s heart felt instantly lighter. Stupid, probably. “Yeah. Yeah, I do.”
“See you later then.” Micah moved away, chasing after the head nurse.
The three hours passed pretty quickly and Linus was out the door. He stopped at home for a change of clothes, probably really optimistic of him, but he was feeling optimistic. Maybe impossibly so.
Micah opened the door almost instantly after his
