don't know how to admit that I'm broken (how can I be alright?)

Summary: Missing Moment drabble from 2x14 - Ace goes after Nancy at the party...Also inspired by a lyric prompt from I can't breathe by Bea Miller - title from the song as well.

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They pull up to the curb around the same time, his eyes gravitating toward the rearview mirror as he places Florence in park and watches her slow and do the same behind him in her shade of blue. He wonders why she didn’t pull in the drive. Maybe she’s leaving after the party. Maybe she’s leaving to go be with him. His stomach, already in knots in anticipation of their meeting because well, last time hardly went well, constricts, making his thoughts worsen as envy sinks alongside longing into his gut.

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