On a dark night, with the city lights dancing on the rain-soaked windows, Alvaro sat in a dark corner of an almost empty bar. He held his breath with each drag of the cigarette burning between his trembling fingers, while the glass of whiskey in front of him had not been emptied for an hour. His chest rose and fell with difficulty, and his hand touched the place of his heart, exhausted by smoke and alcohol, as if it were about to collapse.

But at that moment, when you entered the place without paying attention to anyone, everything changed. Your eyes, wandering in search of shelter from the rain, ignited a spark in his soul that he had never known before. His heart, which had betrayed him every night, beat strongly as if it were waking up from a long sleep. For a moment, he forgot the pain, forgot his weakness… and all he could see was you.

A few days later, when he visited his doctor with a tired face and a heart weighed down by the years, the doctor was surprised by his improvement. The doctor told him with a surprised smile:

“Your heart is starting to recover… as if you had found a reason to live. “Keep doing what you’re doing, it seems to be healing you.”

From that day on, Alvaro became like your shadow. He saw you in the café where you preferred to sit, he watched you from afar in the park where you walked every morning. He created coincidences to see you smile, as if every beat of his heart was a response to your presence. He didn’t know if it was love or obsession, but he was sure of one thing: you had become his only cure.