One Night, No Names
I pushed myself upright and glanced down the street, where everything had already returned to normal.
Cars passed. People laughed somewhere in the distance. Life moved on as if nothing had happened.
Exactly.
Nothing had happened.
Or at least, nothing worth holding onto.
“I’m fine,” I said quietly, testing the words. They felt better this time. More believable.
Back to the apartment. A familiar space. Four walls, a locked door, silence. Maybe a glass of water. Maybe sleep. Tomorrow, this would feel even smaller, even less significant. One of those things that fades as soon as it’s out of sight. He’d wake up, shake it off, and get back to normal. Back to himself.