Midnight Cravings

Previously

…I walked to the window and looked out at the empty street, the ordinary world that had been so profoundly altered. The hum of the city was still there, but now it felt like a prelude, a promise of wonders yet to unfold. I touched my lips, where his kiss had lingered, and a slow, contented smile spread across my face. The grey of Tuesday felt a million miles away. The bloom had begun. And I knew, with a certainty that settled deep within my bones, that I would never be the same again. The night had finally shown me its colours, and I was ready to embrace them all.