– MOMENTS OF UNCERTAINTY cause you to turn to familiar distractions. warren is a lot of things to esme; best friend, companion, confidant, lover. esme, as usual, could make a laundry list of things she’s worried about (she’s high maintenance like that), which she does sometimes, but other times she resorts to old habits (albeit fun ones). most of the time, she has every intention of stopping – things like this tend to get messy and deep down, she knows it’s a coping mechanism, but there are times where she can’t help but want him, imagining his lips on her neck and craving the way they help her forget. esme usually wants him most after a few drinks, and the hotel bar has happily obliged. she’s struck up some sort of absentminded conversation with the bartender, one where her name is cora and she works at a marketing firm. cora has three dogs and three brothers, which is basically the same thing, according to cora.
she glances out her window of the manor to stockholm, spanning out before her. it’s so scary to think about how she’s ended up here, and instead, she’d rather not.