Content warning: you should read 'Can You Imagine' first due to extreme callbacks. If you don't like that one, you won't like this one, either.
Tiff had to finish her chapter before she could look up, and by then Marcus had passed through the bedroom on the way to the bathroom. "How was work?" she called as the shower stopped and she turned in her chair.
"I want to strangle someone," Marcus replied from out of sight.
Tiff stood and stretched. "It's not me, is it?"
"No, but nearly anyone in the office staff would work."
"Doug again?"
"All of them. Ugh." Shaking his head as she entered the room, he stood at the bathroom mirror. "Every single one."
"Even Jen? I like Jen."
"Jen double! Jen kept trying to engage me in conversation when I was busy, which was all goddamned day. Jeremy crashed that forklift, again. If he doesn't get fired, I'm going to fucking quit."
"Sounds like it's Jeremy's fault," Tiff said, coming up behind. She leaned forward, against him. "So why Jen double? You'd strangle her twice because she was complaining about a shitty thing that happened? You know she just has a crush on you."
"Tiff, I'm tired."
"Okay. Did you eat?"
Marcus nodded as he squeezed the toothpaste and started brushing angrily.
"Sorry your day's been so shitty, but maybe it's still salvageable?"
Marcus stood straighter, glancing at Tiff in the mirror. "You think?"
"I imagine it's possible," Tiff said, her hand moving slowly down his bare stomach. "Can you imagine that?"
"What could happen now to make this day not suck?" Marcus spit. "I can't even..."
"What if Jen knocked on the door right now, with a basket of those cookies she makes."
"Which kind?"
"All the kinds. She's super sorry for dumping on you all day. She suddenly realized how rude it was to vent to a guy who actually has to fill the order she wrote on a piece of paper."
"Imaginary Jen is very considerate," Marcus murmured. He even managed a smile as he rinsed his tooth brush.
"She's also ten years younger, no husband or kids, but she still has those nice round hips. Do you ever imagine taking her by her hips and pulling her close?"
"Sure, I imagine it," Marcus whispered, closing his eyes.
"I'm pretty sure she does, too," Tiff said. "I don't think I've ever seen her go more than half a minute without checking out your ass. She isn't just here to apologize. She saw you working away, sweat glistening on your manly shoulders."
"I was wearing a shirt."
"Not in her imagination."
"Now you're imagining her imagination?"
"If I choose. Anyway, she came here tonight because she couldn't stop thinking about you. how you're just the best."
Marcus smirked, turning toward her. "I doubt she really thinks that."