🎬 Previously On — What Thunder Left Behind

(for Chapter 13: Lightning Without Sound)

Previously, on What Thunder Left Behind…

Five days have passed since Lily kissed Steven — five days of silence, skipped meals, and code that refuses to balance. In the lab, avoidance becomes an art form; every breath is measured, every glance withheld. The memory of that single kiss loops through Lily’s mind like corrupted data, collapsing every equation she touches.

When Professor Hachette intervenes, his warning cuts through the static: Fix it, or I’ll break the team. Under threat of separation, Steven finally breaks the silence. He confesses he wanted the kiss too—but insists they treat it as an experiment.

In the soundproof room, theory dissolves into heat. What begins as a clinical test becomes a confession written in touch, not code. Steven kisses her once—soft, deliberate, searching—and again, deeper, until every hypothesis fails.

The result?

A spectacular failure.

And neither of them would undo it.

🎧 Spotify Chapter Description – Chapter 14: Cognitive Recalibration

Steven knows better. Logic over emotion. Control over chaos. But when a kiss becomes a variable he can’t quantify, the entire system begins to slip.

With Lily, the lab finds its rhythm again—until that rhythm turns into something more.

They call it science.

But what’s unfolding is anything but theoretical.

And outside the lab, not everyone is blind to the shift.

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