𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧.

Play time.

"Don't 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲, Frank. I'll make 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 to keep my hands to myself. Unless I 𝐚𝐬𝐤.. Hard to 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 a coffee mug with 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 fingers."

"No, of 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 not. Perfectly 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 response."

"Would you 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲? What's the 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 if she had kissed your cheek?"

"Can't 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞 a girl for 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠."

࿐#𝑴𝑪𝑴 Don't let that broody face 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒍 you. He's broodier 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 he looks—— Takes 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 than a pretty face to get him to 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌 a smile. Or a cute blonde.

Purposely 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 silent after filling her cup and stealing one of those donuts he's 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠 his mouth with... Face utterly stoic. Matching his deadpan 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 to play the part. "You caught me. I intend to take over the world and reign from up high."

"Foreshadowing for my 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞 takeover? That makes it sound like I'm an alien 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 on a rampage..." As she 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 heads over to pour a cup.

🦋 But first, coffee.

Apparently there’s no rest for the wicked.