You know, even with seeing the title of the story, I still hadn't had it twigged that it was a nightmare. Kudos to you.

He tapped the stirrer on the edge of the cup and unconsciously stuck the end into his mouth sucking the miniscule amount of coffee out of the flattened straw while he tried to figure out Hansen’s angle.

*grins*

Fantastic.

Okay, now I am going to get lunch before I read your last story. ;-P