✤ Sera ✤ By the time Friday afternoon rolled around, I felt like I was held together by caffeine, stubbornness, and whatever scraps of emotional stability I had left. The week had felt endless with too much studying, too much worrying, and way too much overthinking. Yet somehow, it felt like there wasn’t enough time to breathe. And after everything with Adrian, after spiraling into insecurity and then grounding myself again inside his arms, all I wanted was him. Not in a desperate or reckless way. More like gravity. Something in me drifted toward him naturally, quietly, and irresistibly. I knew I should have stayed on campus. Studied. Reviewed my notes. Prepared for the mid-terms that were creeping closer every hour. But the thought of spending my Friday night staring at textbooks made my

