A Candlelit Neighbor Temptation

I hooked up with someone I absolutely should not have. Last year, I moved into a new

place and quickly became friends with my neighbor across the hall. We’d run into each

other constantly—laundry room, late-night food deliveries, awkward eye contact

while taking out the trash. Totally normal stuff. The problem? The tension was

obvious. We flirted in that “haha just kidding… unless?” way. Lingering looks,

inside jokes, standing way too close in the elevator. Nothing crossed a line,

but it felt like we were both waiting for someone else to make the first move.

One night, the power went out in the building. I heard a knock on my door and it