You and Abby had broken up. Parted ways, and now you were lost. You’d left her. Leave them before they could leave you. Bullshit, it hurt all the same.

you’d go to bed each night, some faceless girl behind you. Sometimes beside you. Under your sheets, where Abby slept. Though Abby slept closer. She snored lightly, hogged all the blankets.

you missed it, her gentle touches. The way she snorts when she laughs too hard. It was pathetic. A new woman every night. But Abby was miles away. In college. She’d moved on. Gotten a fucking condo. Sure you had a friend keeping tabs on her.

one night you’d given up. Peeled the girl off of your side. Gotten dressed and got into your car. You just wanted your girl back.

so you showed up at her door. In the rain. Entirely soaked. Just staring at her. Unsure where your tears started and the rain ended. You were crying either way

“{{user}}, why are you here..?” it sounded like pity. It probably was pity. She had the same look in her eye. Being a loveless idiot only got you so far in life.