Noah
I hadn't been back to the studio since the trailer leak, the violation of having it filmed without my knowledge settling into something I hadn't fully worked through, even weeks later. But with the premiere looming and the championship final only days away, I found myself needing the quiet of that space more than I had in a long time.
I texted Keira on impulse, an ask I hadn't quite planned before the words were already sent.
*Come by the studio tonight? Just us.*
She arrived a little after sunset, the golden evening light filtering through the north-facing windows the same way it had the first time I brought her here, though everything about the moment felt different now, steadier, less nervous than that first afternoon months ago.
"I wasn't sure you'd want to come back here," I
