Simple pleasures (closed to Marcus)

[from_palmdale]

The day had been warmer. Enough so that when Allison got back from work, she peeled out of her clothes, leaving them in a pile in the hallway, and climbed into the shower, letting cooler water run over her as she washed away the dirt and sweat-salt from the day, taking a nailbrush to her nails. When she was done, she wrapped a towel around her body and one around her hair (a luxury, still, two towels) and put lotion (peach-scented) on her legs. Another luxury; that and shaving her armpits and legs.

She looked up when she heard the door open, leaning to look out of the bathroom into the hallway at Marcus coming in. “Hi.”