"And why are you letting just anyone walk into your office? I could have been a, I don't know, a serial murderer or something," he grumped in reply, momentarily forgetting his visit's purpose.
When she got up and gave him that familiar concerned look, he shook his head and smile a little bit, just one corner coming up. "No, not work keeping me up," and then realizing how that sounded he rushed to say instead, "I mean to say - I was up all night but not working and not doing anything else," he rushed out, not wanting her to get the wrong idea. Since when did he worry about what people thought? What ideas they had about him? But this was Alicia.
He sighed and leaned down to kiss her on the cheek in greeting. He couldn't help letting his gaze linger on he face just a bit longer than he normally would as he pulled away. Her face was like a balm to him.