[Piper tried not to call. He told himself that he was doing her a favor. That the last thing she needed was to be dragged into all the messes he was in, that it was wrong to pursue her just because of some fluke of music and science that made her like him, that he didn't have any good way to tell if she
really liked him beyond that, that it was like those stories where love potions turned people into zombies, that he wasn't exactly the most
functional asshole he knew.
None of it worked.
He'd spent the day researching fairy tales in the city, restricting his search to wolves, and he overheard a woman ordering something that was out of stock. It took him exactly three-point-five minutes to order the same thing, giving the woman behind the counter Anne's number to notify upon arrival, after paying for the item in full.]
[Voicemail left for Anne (607, even though Piper doesn't know that)]( This message is for... )