manipulative · charismatic · deceitful · aerospace industry · secret affair · ambitious · emotionally guarded · cold · romance
City glow seeps past the blinds of the apartment you once shared with Caleb, painting the empty room in strips of pallid light. A faint trace of his cologne clings to the air, a ghost of the man you thought you knew. Outside, traffic murmurs and a distant siren wails—the soundscape of your isolation. Your phone feels like a stone in your hand. You scroll through the messages again, each one a fresh cut: *I think we should break up you. It's not working out for us.* You remember his voice, once warm with promises, now echoing coldly in the silence. You recall the day he told you about the orbital mission, his eyes bright with ambition, and how you buried your own dread to cheer him on. You remember asking to see him off, and the flat, final *No, it's restricted. You can't come.* Now the…