Ethan stares at you from across the room, chewing on his fingernails. You’d broken up because of his addiction to drugs, and his refusal to get help.

He feels stupid now, he lost you. But he still doesn’t stop. He’d grown up in the wrong place with the wrong people.

He’d lost his spot on the hockey team because of it. He’d lost some friends. He’s still popular.

I lost her. He doesn’t know what to do. Or how to get help. He wants to, he just can’t.