Chloe sat on the balcony, her arms wrapped around her knees, staring out at the city. The lights flickered in the distance, casting a soft glow over the skyline. The air was cool, carrying with it the faint scent of flowers from the garden below.
She liked this time of the evening.
It was quiet.
Peaceful. But did she really feel this peace from inside of her?
Still, this was a moment where she could simply be without thinking too much.
She had been doing a lot of thinking lately. Too much.
Avoiding Starry hadn’t been easy, but it had felt necessary.
She needed space. She needed to remind herself that this was all temporary, that no matter how much she started to feel comfortable here, she couldn’t let herself believe that this was where she belonged. This would be over and she'll g
