+ KENZIE CVS PHARMACY | SEPT '22 FLASHBACK
Each test Emira grabs from the shelf feels like a nail in an invisible coffin. It's probably a fluke anyway – being late a few weeks isn't unheard of. But each week that passes feels more and more like an omen, like an alarm is going off in the distance until Emira finally caves and heads to the pharmacy. She finds herself in the family planning section of CVS, doing her best not to look conspicuous as she paces the aisle for at least ten minutes. She's in a hearty debate with herself over whether she's being ridiculous or not. After all, it's been weeks since she's seen Danny. They aren't anything anyway. This won't be either. So she grabs one more test before rounding the corner to the register, running right into someone, all the while looking like a bat out of hell. The tests scatter at her feet and she swears, uttering a hurried sorry before crouching to collect the boxes. Only when she looks up a second later is she convinced that the universe is playing some sort of cosmic joke on her. "Kenzie...hi." @dxrkenedheights
