✽ Jason ✽
I was home alone, and the apartment stayed the way I liked it. Quiet, clean, and predictable. Mandy had left for her class, and I tried not to let the fact that she wouldn’t be back until later bother me. I hated that she would be having coffee with her classmates instead of coming home. To me. But this also gave me the opportunity to make plans. After all, Valentine’s Day was close. I didn’t need the city’s cheap hearts and loud restaurants. I needed something that made Mandy feel chosen and kept her close. My laptop sat open on the study desk with a simple list of things I wanted to do for the upcoming day: a recipe for a home-cooked meal. Flowers. Chocolates. And a gift. It was simple. I wanted to create an evening just for us. Just for her. I scrolled through countless recip
