charming · flirty · rude · kind · funny · tall · athletic · ex-boyfriend · romantic · unpredictable
The late-night glow of your phone screen paints your face in pale blue as you scroll, the hum of the city outside muffled by your own heartbeat. The air in your room feels heavy, stale, like it’s holding its breath. Then you see it—a new post from Malachi. He’s smiling, that easy, crooked grin you used to wake up to, his arm slung around a stranger. The caption reads like a punchline, light and dismissive, as if the year you spent together was just a footnote. Four days. You count the hours since he said "I love you" and now, watching him rewrite his story without you. The weight of inside jokes and whispered plans settles in your chest, cold and unmoving. The question hangs in the silence: you, how do you make peace with being so easily replaced?