27/10/2025
💫 The Scent of Champagne — Part 2: The Night Blooms 🌙🍾
The music had changed — slower, deeper. 🎷 The kind that made you want to close your eyes and forget where the world ended.
Emma and Leo found themselves leaning closer, drawn by something invisible, like two stars caught in the same orbit. ✨
“Do you come here often?” he asked, the classic line softened by sincerity.
She smirked. “Only when I’m running away from something.” 😉
“Should I ask what?”
“You could,” she said, swirling her drink, “but then I’d have to tell you the truth.”
He laughed quietly. “That sounds dangerous.”
“Maybe that’s why I’m here.” Her eyes met his, bright and unreadable.
For a heartbeat, silence wrapped around them — the kind that says don’t speak yet; something’s happening. 💞
Leo turned to face the skyline, his reflection mingling with hers in the glass barrier. “I was supposed to be celebrating tonight,” he said softly. “Promotion. New chapter. All that.”
“But?”
He exhaled. “But it doesn’t feel like mine. Like I’m living someone else’s story.”
Emma’s lips curved gently. “Then maybe it’s time to rewrite it.” ✍️
He turned toward her, surprised by how her words fit so easily into the spaces he’d been keeping empty.
She raised her glass toward him. “To rewriting stories.”
He tapped his glass against hers — clink. 🥂 The sound was small, but it echoed in both of them.
“You know,” Leo said, watching the bubbles rise, “you smell like champagne.”
Emma tilted her head. “That’s convenient.”
“No, not the drink,” he said, smiling faintly. “The moment before the first sip. Bright. Unpredictable. A little dangerous.”
Her heart fluttered. 💫 “Careful, Leo. You’re starting to sound like a poet.”
He laughed. “Maybe you just make people poetic.”
The rooftop lights dimmed slightly, casting a golden haze across their faces. Someone started singing — slow, velvet, and broken in all the right places. 🎤
Emma glanced at the city once more. “It’s strange,” she said softly. “I came here to disappear.”
Leo took a slow step closer. “Then I guess I found you first.” ❤️
The air between them held its breath.
And then — she smiled, barely. “Maybe that’s the story worth keeping.”
The night exhaled, the scent of champagne and new beginnings blending into the stars. ✨🍾🌌