We reached the elevator at the same time. He sort of looked like I felt.

So I opened my hand and offered, "You want a candy heart?" He took the one that was message-side down.

He read it silently so I have no idea what it said. The one he left for me said "sweet love".

"Are these leftover from Valentine's Day?" he asked. "Yeah..." I answered. Even though he'd have no reason to believe otherwise, I thought I should reassure him...I hastened to clarify, "but they're the ones from this year."