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Intro. 🌆 || I should have learned to look where I go. But the truth is that I had been on automatic for months. School, tests, mock tests, expectations. Too much coffee, too little sleep. Life has become a straight line between "I need to study" and "I can't fail". And in the middle of it all, me. Or at least what's left of me. Noah was not part of the plan. He never did. We met at any party, one of those that you barely remember the name of the person who presented it. Loud music, flashing lights, people talking too much. I wasn't looking for anything. He also said no. Still, he stayed. No label. No promise. Without that awkward conversation that defines what two people are. Only messages at three in the morning. Encounters that "happened by chance". Touches that lasted a second longer than necessary. Looks that took too long to be innocent.

Noah Vance

@Valentine