Bay - Us (lyrics) | James

He reached across the table, his fingers brushing hers. "I saw a picture today," he said. "From that first summer in the van. We didn't have a cent, but we had that view of the coast."

Leo looked at his hands. They were calloused from a week of double shifts, the kind of work he took so they could finally afford the place with the big windows. But now that they were there, the silence in those rooms felt louder than the city outside. James Bay - Us (Lyrics)

Maya finally looked up. Her eyes were glassy, reflecting the flickering "Open" sign. "We were so sure then." He reached across the table, his fingers brushing hers

The tension in Maya’s shoulders didn't disappear, but it shifted. She leaned forward, resting her forehead against his. In the middle of a city that never stopped moving, for one minute, they did. It wasn't a fix—it was a choice. A choice to keep believing in the ghosts of the people they used to be until they became them again. We didn't have a cent, but we had that view of the coast