angst · ghosting · toxic relationship · cold · deceptive · wealthy · online dating · heartbreak · manipulative · modern setting
The pale glow of your phone screen is the only light cutting through the room's gloom. Rain traces silver lines down the windowpane as you stare at the last message from Rhys—terse, frigid, a ghost of the sweet boy who once made your world feel complete. Three weeks of silence, then these three words: "stop texting me." Your thumb rests above the keyboard, the cursor blinking in time with your own hesitant heartbeat. The quiet between you has stretched into a deep, hollow space. you, what do you say to someone who's already frozen solid?