Sharon’s longing drew her closer, up on her toes, whispering desires into his ear.

Yet he gently set boundaries with a nudge.

His voice was a chilled breeze.

“Find your own way home.

The evening’s shadows did not beckon him back to the party.

Coat in hand, he was set to depart when Sharon’s voice quivered through the air.

“Am I invisible to you? What does she have that I don’t?”

He paused but stood resolute, not glancing back.

His reply was a soft consolation.

“There’s no contest.

ached with

Olivia was beyond reach.

a breeze

held his gaze,

slid into the car, and the driver inquired,

fell from Raphael’s lips, leaving

address belonged to no property of

clarity, he had uttered

before he pressed against the seat, forehead in

I’ll take a walk.

caught the sorrow in his eyes and, choosing

stepped out, a polite

him, he struck a match, the flame kissing

he watched the lights of Dylan’s home flicker alive, then die, a ritual as haunting as it was

in the very

And still, he watched.

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