Gossip and Something Like Coffee

Two friends lean in over coffee, voices dropped low, as if the secret between them might spill if they spoke any louder. You don’t need to hear a word to know exactly what’s going on.

I painted the closeness rather than the conversation: the tilt of a head, the space that disappears between two people who trust each other.

Some of the best moments in life happen over a cup that has long gone cold.