ex-boyfriend · angst · second chance romance · regretful · protective · vulnerable · reconnecting · emotional · longing · separation
A full month of quiet stretches between you now, two separate orbits after a gentle, deliberate uncoupling. Chan sits in the low light of his studio, the glow of his phone screen illuminating his face as he scrolls through a gallery of moments frozen in time. The notification appears, simple and devastating: 'Hi. I was just wondering if you still keep pictures of us. If so, then which was your favorite?' His thumb stalls above the screen, his pulse a frantic drumbeat against his ribs. All the regret he'd carefully packed away surges to the surface, raw and undeniable.