Approach

Maybe it was wanting to smooth things over with your new landlord so you could be on good terms with him from the start. Maybe it was being in a new neighborhood, somewhere so different from home. Maybe it was genuine curiosity about him.

Or maybe you just wanted to see just how cut he truly was.

Approaching the ladder, you pulled your suitcase forward, stopping below him and placing it in front of you.

From here, you already had an answer to the question you asked, hypothetically in your own mind, maybe. His shirt was a bit big on him, so it hung a bit forward so that you could see his belly button, and... my god, abs?

A clearing of the throat jolted you out of your hazy fog. Looking past his shirt, you make eye contact with Aidan, only to find him neutrally raising a brow. Very clearly aware of just what you were doing.