Faith had spent the day training at the gym, working up a nice sweat. When she had finally left, she had headed back to the motel, looking forward to seeing Pike-despite the fact that she was in desperate need of a shower. After letting herself into their room, she'd been disappointed to see he wasn't there.
But whatever, right? She shook herself out of the funk and headed into the bathroom for a shower. Just as she finished up, she heard him in the bedroom, and stepped out while wrapping a towel around herself. Her hair dripped over her shoulders and water pooled around her feet on the carpet, but she didn't seem to notice. "Sure. What's up?" She was trying to be casual, of course, because he didn't need to know how much she had missed him. But she had.