What Remains of Us
The memory faded. Back to the present.
Riley showed up while I was fixing Jordan's collar.
She stormed straight in, her heels clicking sharp and grating against the floor. She'd ditched the glasses by now, shed all that small-town plainness—dressed to kill, every detail polished.
But as a photographer, I could see the exhaustion caked under all that heavy foundation.
Her eyes landed on my hands—the ones currently undoing Jordan's shirt buttons. It was for a shoot. Ad campaign. Cold, restrained aesthetic.