Ellie smiled into the dark. She didn’t wave back. But she left her window cracked.
“Who makes me want to build a bridge out of coat hangers and bad decisions just to sit next to her.” sammmnextdoor
“You’re getting predictable,” she said instead of hello. Ellie smiled into the dark
“To return your mail.”
The username flashed on her screen for the fifth time that week. sammmnextdoor . Ellie stared at it, her thumb hovering over the ignore button before she sighed and swiped accept. Sam next door
“Goodnight, Sam next door,” she said.