diff --git a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/HomeView/Stories/Transitions/StoryInteractiveTransitionCoordinator.swift b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/HomeView/Stories/Transitions/StoryInteractiveTransitionCoordinator.swift
index 9e9ea36f8d..ff7a6ddaa1 100644
--- a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/HomeView/Stories/Transitions/StoryInteractiveTransitionCoordinator.swift
+++ b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/HomeView/Stories/Transitions/StoryInteractiveTransitionCoordinator.swift
@@ -45,13 +45,17 @@ class StoryInteractiveTransitionCoordinator: UIPercentDrivenInteractiveTransitio
     func handlePan(_ gestureRecognizer: UIPanGestureRecognizer) {
         switch gestureRecognizer.state {
         case .began:
+            interactiveEdge = interactiveEdgeForCurrentGesture()
+
             gestureRecognizer.setTranslation(.zero, in: pageViewController.view)
 
             pageViewController.currentContextViewController.pause(hideChrome: true)
 
             switch interactiveEdge {
             case .none:
-                owsFailDebug("began gesture from unexpected state")
+                pageViewController.currentContextViewController.play()
+                cancel()
+                return
             case .leading, .top, .bottom:
                 pageViewController.dismiss(animated: true)
             case .trailing:
@@ -127,25 +131,8 @@ class StoryInteractiveTransitionCoordinator: UIPercentDrivenInteractiveTransitio
 
     func gestureRecognizerShouldBegin(_ gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
         guard gestureRecognizer == panGestureRecognizer else { return false }
-        let translation = panGestureRecognizer.translation(in: pageViewController.view)
-        let normalizedTranslationX = (CurrentAppContext().isRTL ? -1 : 1) * translation.x
 
-        if normalizedTranslationX > 0 {
-            interactiveEdge = .leading
-            return true
-        } else if normalizedTranslationX < 0, pageViewController.currentContextViewController.allowsReplies {
-            interactiveEdge = .trailing
-            return true
-        } else if pageViewController.previousStoryContext == nil, translation.y > 0 {
-            interactiveEdge = .top
-            return true
-        } else if pageViewController.nextStoryContext == nil, translation.y < 0 {
-            interactiveEdge = .bottom
-            return true
-        } else {
-            interactiveEdge = .none
-            return false
-        }
+        return interactiveEdgeForCurrentGesture() != .none
     }
 
     func gestureRecognizer(
@@ -154,4 +141,21 @@ class StoryInteractiveTransitionCoordinator: UIPercentDrivenInteractiveTransitio
     ) -> Bool {
         gestureRecognizer == panGestureRecognizer
     }
+
+    private func interactiveEdgeForCurrentGesture() -> Edge {
+        let translation = panGestureRecognizer.translation(in: pageViewController.view)
+        let normalizedTranslationX = (CurrentAppContext().isRTL ? -1 : 1) * translation.x
+
+        if normalizedTranslationX > 0 {
+            return .leading
+        } else if normalizedTranslationX < 0, pageViewController.currentContextViewController.allowsReplies {
+            return .trailing
+        } else if pageViewController.previousStoryContext == nil, translation.y > 0 {
+            return .top
+        } else if pageViewController.nextStoryContext == nil, translation.y < 0 {
+            return .bottom
+        } else {
+            return .none
+        }
+    }
 }