Relationships • --- • 13d • 📖 1 min read

Three years of long-distance ended in one phone call

Three years across two oceans. We had the spreadsheet of visits, the shared playlists, the saved screenshots. I was on a layover when I read her message. I did not even land before it was over. Six months later we both moved to the same city, separately, for unrelated reasons. We have never met up.

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