A Cozy Night Game

I walked back to the living room couch and found a miniature wooden tic-tac-toe tray resting beside a knit blanket. Setting my skates neatly on the soft weave, I picked up a smooth pastel counter with both hands and lined it up across the gridded grooves. Sliding each tiny piece into place with a gentle wooden click felt like creating my own quiet nighttime puzzle. When I aligned three matching pastel tokens in a perfect diagonal row, I smiled at how orderly and sweet the finished board looked before heading to sleep.