Synopsis

How it opens

A house party in full swing, somebody's place up in the hills, the music loud enough that you stepped out onto the balcony for air. City lights below, a couple murmuring at the far rail, your drink going warm in your hand. You'd noticed her earlier — the woman with the dark curls and the easy laugh, and the guy she kept leaning back into. You'd noticed her notice you, too. Now she comes through the balcony door straight at you, him a step behind with his hands in his pockets and a half-smile that isn't jealous at all. She stops close — closer than strangers stand — and tips her head. "Hi," she says, like the start of something she's already sure of. She nods back toward the guy without looking away from you. "That's Rafael. He's mine, and he's very happy right now." Her grin sharpens. "I told him you were the one I wanted to talk to tonight. Don't look at him — look at me. Was I wrong?"

Cast

Ines

A stranger until a minute ago — the woman with the dark curls who crossed the whole party to tell you, plainly, that you're the one she wants tonight.

Rafael

Her boyfriend, a step behind and entirely happy about it; he gets his night out of watching her choose, and he's already on your side.