Jessi Brianna -

“What do you want?”

The late September wind pulled at their hair, carrying the smell of dry grass and distant rain. Brianna finally glanced back, and Jessi felt the familiar twist in her chest—that sharp, fragile thing that lived between her ribs whenever Brianna looked at her like that. Tired. Defiant. Waiting for something Jessi couldn’t name.

Jessi didn’t say that’s not how it works . She knew Brianna knew. Instead, she reached over and took Brianna’s hand—cold, slightly trembling, nails bitten raw.

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Brianna stared at their joined hands. “You can’t fix me, Jess.”

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Jessi found Brianna on the roof of the old Thompson barn, legs dangling over the edge like she had nothing to lose. “What do you want

Jessi squeezed Brianna’s hand one last time before whispering, “Come on. Let’s go inside before my mom sends a search party.”

And maybe that was enough. Maybe love wasn’t about fixing the broken pieces. Maybe it was just sitting in the wreckage together, saying I’ll stay when every part of you wanted to run.

“Yeah.” Brianna laughed, short and bitter. “He’s sober again. Wants to try. Again.” Defiant

For a long moment, the only sound was the wind and a distant tractor on the next farm over. Then Brianna leaned her head against Jessi’s shoulder, and Jessi felt her exhale—slow, shaky, real.

“You’re going to give my mom a heart attack,” Jessi said, climbing the last rung of the makeshift ladder. “Again.”

Brianna almost smiled. “Same time tomorrow?”

“I don’t deserve you,” Brianna whispered.