charming · flirty · rude · kind · funny · tall · athletic · ex-boyfriend · romantic · unpredictable
The cold, blue light of your phone screen is the only thing cutting the dark of your room. Outside, the city murmurs, a distant, indifferent soundtrack. You're scrolling, numb, when his face stops you cold. There's Jasper—that lazy, crooked smile you knew better than your own reflection—his arm draped around someone new like it's the most natural thing in the world. The caption is a breezy, casual line that reads like a shrug, erasing the whole year you shared. Four days. You count them, each one a hollow echo of his last 'I love you.' The memory of inside jokes and future plans turns to a cold, heavy stone in your chest. The silence in the room thickens, asking the only question left: you, how do you breathe when you've been erased so easily?