Maya stood at the edge of the bar, her fingers tracing the condensation on her glass. She had come here to lose herself, but the lyrics of were finding her instead. “Sometimes it's better to just let it go,” the vocal echoed, stripped back and vulnerable before the frantic energy of the drum and bass surged underneath it.
Across the room, she saw Leo. He was a ghost of a life she was trying to outrun—a collection of "what-ifs" and late-night apologies that never quite landed. He saw her, too. He started to move through the crowd, his face set in that familiar look of needing to explain, needing one more minute of her time. Cat Burns - Go (goddard. Remix)
The snare rolled, faster and faster, until the bass finally broke like a tidal wave. Maya stood at the edge of the bar,
Maya didn't stay to hear what he had to say. As the remix exploded into its high-octane rhythm, she turned her back and stepped into the thick of the dancers. The music was a wall of sound, a physical barrier that Leo couldn't cross. She moved with the beat, her heart syncing to the 174 BPM, feeling the lightness that comes when you stop holding on. Across the room, she saw Leo