But the original remains the strongest. It is a prayer. It is a meme. It is a coat left unzipped. It is the recognition that sometimes, you don't want to be warm. You want to be understood by the night.
As she turned the corner toward her apartment, the streetlights seemed a little brighter, and the biting wind just a bit softer. It was cold outside, truly—but for two souls tucked into a single coat, the world had never felt warmer. lovely lilith its cold outside