Tea meets Adien in the Austin hotel bar, and the quiet way he reads her body language pulls her into a gravity she stops trying to fight. Their connection deepens as he guides her through the hotel, stripping away the version of herself she shows her husband and drawing out the woman she only becomes on these trips. By the time they reach his room, Tea has stepped fully into the part of herself that wants to be chosen, knowing she’ll return home carrying this night like a secret pulse under her skin.