As the world outside descended into frenzy, Anthony and Vega simply lay quietly together, their bodies pressed close, as though they were drowning in the presence of one another.
Beyond the walls, chaos stirred, rumors, voices, hurried movements, but within their little sanctuary, it all seemed impossibly distant, like a faint murmur of a dream they no longer cared to interpret.
They could sense the commotion, they could feel the weight of something unfolding beyond them, yet neither of them wished to ask nor seek an answer.
The world outside might have been unraveling, but to them, none of it mattered. Their world, at that very moment, consisted of only two people.
They stayed close, sharing silence, sharing warmth, until even the very notion of existence beyond their embrace faded from their perception.
