So what I'm hearing is I could go into my office in the city for the day and then just...stick around....interesting interesting....

The lighting here is unbearable I'm fragile they're so precious

They invented loveeeeee

Good news! It's both of them for both. (They barely lasted 24 hours before they caved. On his desk this time.)

Thoughts through that day and those that followed were varied and complicated, but summed up for both of them in near perfect sync were two prominent thoughts:

"We can never do that again."
&
"I'll die if we never do that again."

Afterwards, they fixed their clothing and went their separate ways; her to house Fortemps, him to Borel manor. They met again the next day in public as per usual, as though nothing had ever happened -- despite both of them being hyperaware of the hidden love bites low on Thorne's throat.