"Then don't stop," Demi said softly. "Just… turn. Change direction. I'll walk with you."
Coco let out a shaky breath, and for the first time that night, her shoulders dropped. She leaned forward until her forehead touched Demi's. They stayed like that—two eclipsed stars in a cheap room, holding each other up in the dark. coco lovelock and demi hawks
"I don't know how to stop," Coco whispered. "Then don't stop," Demi said softly
A long silence. Coco pulled off her right boot, then her left, and set them side by side like sleeping animals. She finally raised her eyes. In the dim pink glow, her mascara was faintly smudged, not from crying but from the long haul of a day that had asked too much of her. I'll walk with you
Demi shrugged. "You called."
"You didn't have to come," Coco said, not looking up.