no strings attached - j.b

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❗️TW: sex scene, if you're uncomfortable reading it, please skip the chapter

Phoebe was just about to throw the empty cups into the trash bag when her cell phone lit up. In the meantime, all the guests had left, it was already after three o'clock and Tris had not been to be found for a while. Phoebe suspected he was having fun with a chosen one just upstairs in his room, but she didn't want to check.

She had stopped drinking alcohol after Joe, Sam and Ja'Marr had left shortly after one o'clock, knowing that the later it got, the more chaotic it would get. Now she still felt quite awake and therefore had decided to clean up a bit already, so she wouldn't have to do everything in the morning.

However, her cleaning was now interrupted by the incoming text on her phone and she was quite surprised when she read his name. Why was Joe still up at this hour and what did he want from her?

Hey, hope you're still up. Is the party over?

Confused, she answered him, texting him that she was still awake, but none of the guests were around anymore, before turning back to her cups and looking anxiously at her phone to see if Joe answered her again.

He did. Less than a minute later, her phone lit up again and she was even more surprised to read this message.

All right, can you open the door for me? Don't want to ring the doorbell

Phoebe was sure he was playing some kind of prank on her. Nevertheless, she put the trash bag aside, slipped her cell phone into the pocket of the pants she had since traded for her beloved sweatpants, and ran to the door.

"H-Hey, what are you doing here?" she stammered when Joe was actually at the door. He too had changed clothes, wearing sweatpants like her and a black sweatshirt jacket. Was Phoebe mistaken, or was he not wearing a shirt underneath?

"Hey, uh..." Joe ran a hand through his hair. "I think I left my watch in your bathroom when I was washing my hands" he shrugged and grinned wryly.

Phoebe raised her eyebrow questioningly. "And for that you come over at three in the morning? To get it? Surely it's not your only watch, huh?" she asked him. Joe shrugged again. "It's my favorite one."

Phoebe sighed. "Alright, come on in. It's not cleaned up yet...but that shouldn't bother you" she explained, taking a step to the side so Joe could enter the apartment. Joe just laughed and followed Phoebe up the stairs.

"Tris is in bed already?" he asked as they entered her room. "Yeah, not alone, well, I guess" Phoebe shrugged and stopped in the middle of the room. "You took it off when you washed your hands, you say? So it's probably in the bathroom, huh?"

"Probably. Is it okay if I go take a look?" Joe pointed to the door that led through Phoebe's closet into her bathroom. "Go ahead and look. I'll...wait here" she gestured strangely with her hands.

As Joe made his way into the bathroom, nodding, Phoebe stood in front of her large panoramic windows that looked out over the slumbering city of Cincinnati. It looked breathtaking. So quiet, so peaceful, so beautiful.

"Amazing how wonderful a city can look empty, huh?" Phoebe flinched as Joe suddenly stood beside her again. She hadn't even heard him coming. "Yeah" she cleared her throat before turning to him. "Did you...find your watch?"

"I didn't leave my watch here" Joe grinned at her. "I..I don't understand?" Phoebe was confused. Sighing, Joe put his hands on Phoebe's hips and pulled her close. "I just needed an excuse to get into your room so we could finish what we started earlier" he murmured to her as his hands were already roaming all over Phoebe's body again.