
“got it!” alex announced triumphantly with a fist pump.
she stepped back from the fireplace with a pleased smile on her face. the button to switch on the gas fireplace had been hard to find, and after two bottles of wine between the four of them no one else had had the energy to really hunt for it.
“see that? that’s my brilliant wife,” olivia gestured to alex with her wine glass and a goofy smile splitting her face. alex rolled her eyes, but when she plopped back down on the couch next to olivia she pressed a kiss to her cheek.
“she is pretty brilliant,” casey agreed. she thought about the ring box that was buried in her suitcase and looked over at carmen. carmen smiled at her before setting her wine glass down and turning to stretch over her girlfriend.
“you’re pretty brilliant,” carmen replied with a sparkle in her eyes as she looked up at casey. casey dropped a hand to carmen’s hair and gently ran her fingers over the curls.
“oh God, look what you started.” alex’s tone was one of accusatory amusement and they all laughed before going back to their lazy game of scrabble.