he who hesitates is toast

He has to feel around a little for the wall switch, as he's not used to keeping the overhead light on - normally he just adapts to the daylight through the windows, the glow of the television, or some combination of both. But this early in the morning that's not going to help, much less as Sharon's not familiar with the place yet.

It means that the soft white glow from the ceiling fixture clearly illuminates the wooden floors, bare of even a throw rug; the beautiful exposed brick wall to the right, behind the large flatscreen television on its minimalist black wooden stand; the small kitchen at the other end of the room, next to a hallway and behind the marble passthrough counter designed for barstool-height chairs that are still absent here; the black-framed photograph of the night sky hanging on the wall to the left; the armchair with two blankets lying draped across it, one purple-and-smoke and one green; and the small wooden side table with a black metal stand, from which hangs a piece of cracked glass art.