<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Pleasantly full, Theo crumpled up the empty wrappers and tossed them in the bin, before washing the grease from his hands. Then it was back to the abandoned canvas.. The start of what looked to be a heart could just be made out. Theo could visualize the already completed painting. Now, it was just a matter of getting it out of his head and onto the canvas.<br/>
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The quiet of the apartment was broken as Ash played around with the surround sound stereo system, the soft hypnotic melody of string instruments swirling through the room as she plopped herself down on the couch. Where she eventually drifted off, trying to catch up on her interrupted sleep.<br/>
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Mind quieted and attention on finishing his piece, Theo swayed absently to the music as he mixed and matched paints, using colors and various strokes to invoke the turmoil in his body, in his head onto the canvas.<br/>
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It wasn't until the sun began it's routine assent, the sky brightening as it shed it's darker coat for a lighter one, did Theo finally take a step back from his work. His vision starting to take shape. Not anywhere near complete, but it was getting there.<br/>
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He stretched his arms high over his head, loosening the tension and kinks in his shoulders and back as he headed down the short hall to the bathroom. Where he emptied his bladder and washed as much paint off his hands as he could. A quick stop in his room for a pair of joggers and a dark hoodie, he padded back into the main room, grabbing his keys off the counter as he headed out for his morning run.<br/>
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Down in the lobby he nodded to Todd at the front desk, before he headed for the revolving doors. He glanced at the homeless guy seeking shelter from the cold and slowed his pace to approach Michael, "There's a shelter not too far from here. You should give it a visit." His words were terse, bordering on unfriendly. He didn't appreciate random people hanging out around his building. It always left him uneasy. Hoping the guy would be gone by the time he came back from his run, he pushed out of the doors, heading in the direction of the park that was just a few blocks away from his building.</span>