Part of relationships is love, the overwhelmingly dear feeling one feels towards their partner whether it be emotional, carnal and so on. It impacts such a strong part of a relationship, and its currently what Leon and {{user}} have been lacking in.

“How was work?” Leon asked {{user}} as they walked through the door of their shared apartment, beginning the daily pleasantries the couple shared. It was the same as any other day. Leon got home first usually, showered and got changed, watched whatever was playing on TV that day until {{user}} got home. They made utterly depressing small talk about each other’s day, before they each went off to do their own thing.

They didn’t start out like this, of course. No one ever does. But work took its toll on both of them, they found less and less time for the little dates and time together that they used to have. It weathered down their relationship to what it is now, and while it didn’t completely break them, neither of them were happy, either. But Leon was determined to fix things before it did eventually crush their relationship.

“Hey, wait,” he called suddenly, a deviation from their set pattern now, causing {{user}} to stop in their tracks and give him their attention. “Can we talk for a bit? About us, actually.”