Introducing An Apprentice Incubus (m) -

“Not bad,” he said. And for Darith, that was practically a standing ovation.

Leo closed his eyes and let himself fall out of the tulip meadow, through static, into a warm haze of espresso and jazz piano. introducing an apprentice incubus (m)

But the tulips.

It wasn’t what he’d expected from a job in hell. “Not bad,” he said

“Try again,” Darith said. “She’s dreaming about a coffee shop this time. Go order something.” But the tulips

“That’s never stopped anyone.”

Leo sat down. And for the first time all night, he stopped trying to be an incubus. He just talked to her. About her book (she wasn’t actually reading it, she confessed, because she’d been thinking about whether her cat missed her while she was at work). About the coffee (too hot, always, but in a comforting way). About nothing, really. Small things. Human things.