And then there was that movie the one playing softly in the background while something far more intense unfolded beside me. You barely looked at the screen. Not once, I think. It was as if sitting that close to me had undone something in you. Your hand found mine almost instinctively, fingers tightening like you were afraid I might slip away in the dark. You shifted closer, slowly, until the space between us disappeared, your head resting against my shoulder—not casually, but like you needed that closeness to breathe. There was a quiet urgency in you, in the way you stayed there, in the way your touch lingered just a second longer than necessary. The world around us faded into noise, the film into nothingness… because for you, in that moment, being near me wasn’t enough you wanted to stay there, pressed into me, as if distance itself had become unbearable.