Something that's usually easy with someone close takes more effort today, like a familiar song played a half-step off. It's the day's tuning, and it resolves by tonight.
If you've been letting the night run long, tonight gives you an easy out: the storm settles the house early, and an earlier bed costs nothing to take.
The body runs level for a few days now, neither charged nor drained. The one low note is in the breath, a faint dryness you only catch once you've gone still.