[TW: Panic response]
The car seems to have done a big circle, putting him more or less back where he started halfway between Halo and Jade's apartment. A smarter person might have considered the optics of immediately returning home but Noel can barely think enough to put one foot in front of the other, much less consider what he's doing. By pure instinct, he finds himself in front of Jade's door, struggling to make his hand stop shaking long enough to scan his finger.
When he stumbles into the entryway, dripping water all over the gleaming tile, it's to find a startled Jade looking out from the living area.
"Noel?" he says, knitting his brows. "What the hell happened to you? You're soaked."
