Reorder
East City is much the same as before. Of course, they weren't gone for very long, just eight months that felt like a lifetime.
Riza's new place is larger. She pretends it's because she's just gone up a pay grade. There are other considerations behind the full-sized stove, bigger bed, and actual living room hidden somewhere beneath unpacked boxes, but they still feel too fragile to say aloud.
"It's nice," Roy says, though he's only given it a cursory glance from the doorway before his eyes fix on her again.
Riza opens the door wide and invites him in.