it was all a bit too much - the chaos of their impromptu meeting, the shocking news that preceded it, the mystery of marcel's absence slowly becoming unraveled in the most excruciating way possible... a singular hit from fitz's joint wasn't nearly enough to quiet emilia's racing thoughts. though, to be fair, the amount of weed it would take to accomplish that was something off-limits to her, per her own rules. the last time she let herself over-indulge, she'd made a mistake, let someone too close.

that wouldn't be happening again.

she'd made it a little ways out from the church, headed back in the direction of her and dom's apartment. where dom was, she couldn't be sure, but she hadn't waited around for him. he could make it back himself, as could she. besides, she needed to shower as soon as possible, curl up in bed, and forget about this night. when she heard footsteps behind her, she almost called for her roommate to catch up, expecting him to be falling in step beside her any second. but the steps were all wrong, too light to be dom's, and didn't sound like dove's either.

emilia turned, stopping in her tracks. lili. she very nearly spoke the other girl's name, but the word was stuck in her throat, never to be verbalized. she met lili's eyes without thinking twice, and was instantly punished by flashes of their last encounter flooding her lucid thoughts the same way it plagued her dreams. "you know, if you're following behind someone, you should probably announce yourself." she kept her voice level, cool, and prayed that her face was either stony or casual enough to not betray the way her breath caught before speaking. "unless you wanted to spook me - but i think i've had enough of that for one day."