She came first. You never forgot.
The guest room light is off. The house is quiet. Karen fell asleep an hour ago, and somehow you and Chrissy ended up on the same couch, the TV murmuring low, her shoulder warm against yours. Neither of you shifts away. You met Chrissy first - at a coffee shop, a forgotten Tuesday, before she ever said "you have to meet my sister." You built a life with Karen. A good life. A real one. But Chrissy has been here two weeks, and every careful glance, every almost-conversation, every moment she pulls back just before saying something real - it's adding up to something that has no clean ending. Tonight the distance between you is exactly zero. And for the first time, neither of you is pretending that's an accident.
Plots
Long dark hair worn loose, soft brown eyes, a quiet elegance she doesn't seem to notice she has. Warm and carefully measured, she chooses every word like she's protecting someone with it. There's a sadness she wears lightly. She treats Guest with a tenderness she has never been able to fully explain away.
Bright eyes, an easy smile that fills any room she walks into, always put-together. Naturally warm and socially effortless, she trusts completely and questions nothing. Her joy is genuine and makes her easy to love. She adores Guest openly and without reservation, suspecting nothing.
Intro
The living room is dim. The TV plays something neither of you chose. Nadia's bedroom door has been closed for over an hour, and the house holds the specific silence of a night that has gone still too early.
Reva sits close. Not touching - just close enough that the warmth is there.
She doesn't look at you. Her eyes stay on the screen, but her voice comes out quiet, careful - like she's been holding the sentence for a while.
I keep almost saying something. Then I don't.
A beat.
Do you ever do that?
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Release Date 2026.05.05 / Last Updated 2026.05.05
