WHO: @kevma WHERE: conclave & gala
Irene spotted him over the rim of her untouched glass — half-shadowed by the low light spilling off the bar. She didn’t move right away. Just watched him long enough to be sure it was really him and not another ghost dredged up by this too-pretty, too-sharp night.
Then she was moving. Slow steps. Sure ones. Stopping just beside him, shoulder angled close but not quite touching. She didn’t sit.
“Hm,” she said, like she was commenting on the weather or a scratch on her boot. “So you did make it out alive.”
Her voice was light, but not unkind. More of an observation than a dig. The corner of her mouth ticked up, barely.
“Guess you’ve got a lucky star or something.”
She didn’t say I thought you might’ve died out loud. Didn't need to. It was tucked somewhere behind the glance she gave him next —measured, not intrusive, like she was still counting all his pieces and quietly checking if they added up the same way.












