The obsession had started when he was on sick leave at the end of last year. It was only intended as a distraction whilst he was holed-up, bored in the house. It was mid-March now and he was back to full health and back at work, but still he was gripped.
Every evening, he would rush home, lock the door and switch on his laptop. He would stay trapped by the screen for hours at a time. Dinner was usually forgotten. Bedtime would be whenever he finally collapsed, exhausted on the keyboard. There had been more than one occasion when he hadn’t made it to bed. Had woken up at 7am, with a QWERTY imprint on his forehead. Headed back to work in the previous days pants.
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