The words were right there. Closer than they'd ever been.
"It's…." I started, and stopped, because I didn't actually know how the sentence ended yet.
"You don't have to tell me," Rhys said, still watching me with that same focus. "I'm not trying to corner you. I just want to make sure you're okay."
"I'm okay."
"You don't look okay."
I wrapped my arms around myself, the cold finally starting to register now that the adrenaline was fading. The stairwell light above the door buzzed faintly, casting everything in that flat yellow glow,we just stood there in the quiet with my whole confession sitting right at the edge of my mouth.
"It reminds me of someone," I said finally. "That's all. Someone I used to know."
"Someone from when you played?"
"Yeah." It wasn't a lie. It was the truest t
