The edges of the night blurred as the alcohol settled warmly into Brianna’s bloodstream. The club pulsed in time with her heartbeat, the music rolling through her like a rising tide she no longer had the strength to resist. Her skin felt light, her thoughts soft and untethered, and every motion carried the weightless abandon of someone who had already broken once that night.
She stepped away from the dance floor, breathless, searching for air that did not taste like him.
Instead, she collided with a familiar body.
“Bri?” a voice exclaimed, shocked and delighted.
She blinked through the haze.
“Toby?” Her voice lifted with genuine joy. She had not seen him since the spring, since before her world had begun to fold in on itself again. “Toby, what are you doing here?”
He laughed as he st
