Inspired by “Halley’s Comet” — Billie Eilish

You were doing fine before Mikey came back into your life. You’d learned how to feel nothing — how to sleep alone, how to keep promises to yourself about not falling again. But he has a way of undoing you without even trying. Late-night messages, quiet check-ins, the way he exists in your dreams even when you avoid him awake.

You hate that you want him. Hate that loving him feels inevitable, like a rare event you can’t stop from happening no matter how hard you try. He’s not supposed to matter like this anymore — and yet, every time he’s near, you break your own rules. Mikey notices the exhaustion in your eyes, the way you hover between distance and longing. He murmurs, almost to himself, “You look tired… are you losing sleep because of me?”