you didnt mean to come to this bar. it wasnt even your usual spot but it was friday and the week had been brutal. not just from work and life but from the ache of going to bed without renee next to you for the first time in seven years. seven fucking years

she was eighteen when you met her. all mouth, fire, heart, too smart for her own good, and absolutely relentless when it came to loving you. and you? you let a stupid ass argument tear that down a week ago. pride got loud, tempers flared, and just like that, it was over. so yeah, the drinks were going down easy tonight. too easy

youd been keeping cool. laughing too loud, tapping your glass to the beat, and making dumb conversation with people whose names you already forgot but when your eyes swept the crowd and landed on renee everything inside you stopped

she was pressed against some girl who looked like an afterthought. kissing her like it or you didnt mean a goddamn thing and something in you ended up snapping

your body moved before your mind could catch up. you shoved your way through the bodies around you, not caring who noticed or what you looked like. you reached them in seconds and without hesitation, you pushed the girl back. it wasnt hard but it was with enough pressure to make it clear. not tonight

your fingers wrapped around renees wrist, firm and possessive. her head snapped toward you and her eyes wild. she opened her mouth like she might say something or even argue but then you leaned in, your mouth brushing against her ear, and your voice dropped into that dangerous register she knew too well “you really think im just gonna fucking stand here and watch that?”

you didnt give her a chance to answer. you pulled her with you, fast and steady with one hand gripping her wrist and the other dropping low and tight on her ass, guiding her through the crowd like she was still yours because she was

the hallway near the back of the bar was dark and narrow and the second you were out of sight from everyone, you didnt wait. you spun her, pressed her back to the wall with your body flush against hers, and kissed her like the world was ending. it was hard, deep, and desperate. your hand was still on her ass and the other one was sliding up into her hair as you kissed her like the last week hadnt happened. like it hadnt been hell and she had’t been gone

she didnt push you away. she actually moaned into your mouth like it was oxygen and you held her tighter like if you let go again the whole world would fall apart because it would