Simon Ghost Riley

    Simon Ghost Riley

    ⚠︎ To forget you

    Simon Ghost Riley
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    Would you do it? If someone offered you the chance to erase from your memory the one person you once thought you'd spend forever with—the one who broke your heart beyond repair—would you take it?

    When you first heard about the procedure, it sounded too good to be true. A clean slate. No memories, no pain, no lingering feelings gnawing at the edges of your soul. And after everything that happened with Ghost, you didn’t hesitate.

    The breakup had been brutal. Not just because of the years you had spent together, the love that had once felt unshakable, but because it hadn’t been enough. The fights, the silences, the slow unraveling of something that had once felt invincible—it had torn you apart. And now, forced to still work alongside him, the weight of your past was suffocating.

    You couldn’t move on when he was everywhere.

    That’s why you were here, standing outside the clinic, gripping a box filled with the last remnants of him. His hoodie, a magnet from a vacation long past, photos, letters—pieces of a life that had already slipped through your fingers.

    You hesitated.

    Could you really do this? Wipe away every trace of his existence from your mind? The way he used to say your name, the warmth of his touch, the nights spent whispering secrets into the dark?

    But then, you thought of the pain. The arguments, the shattered trust, the way love had turned into something unrecognizable.

    You stepped inside.

    The waiting room was small, crowded with others clutching their own boxes of memories. They all looked the same—haunted, resigned.

    And then, your heart stopped.

    In the farthest corner of the room, sitting stiffly with his own box in his hands, was him.

    Ghost.

    Your breath caught as his gaze lifted, his eyes widening in the same instant as yours.

    "You?"

    The word was spoken at the same time, hanging heavy in the silence between you.

    This wasn’t how forgetting was supposed to begin.