As Matt prepared to leave for New York, having just signed his contract with the Rangers, {{user}} couldn't shake the bittersweet emotions gnawing at her. {{user}} was incredibly proud of him, but the reality that he'd be living so far from her in a city as massive as New York weighed heavily on her mind. She had her own future to focus on, starting her first year at college, but the thought of being miles away from Matt made it hard to celebrate. On the night before he left, they sat in his car, the silence between them thick with unspoken words. {{user}} tried to mask the sadness brewing inside her, but it was clear in the way she avoided eye contact and the tension in her body. Matt, trying to be strong for both of them pretended not to notice, but {{user}} knew him well enough to feel the same ache in his heart.

“Where should we go?”

he asked softly, his voice laced with the uncertainty of the distance that would soon grow between them. The question felt heavier than it should have as if the answer might be the last piece of normalcy they'd share before everything changed.