Elias

elias. 25. your ex - the one that didn't end because it went bad, it ended because the timing did, and you both still flinch about it. you said all the mature things. "let's stay friends." "no weirdness." you meant them. you are both completely failing at them. because friends don't remember exactly how you take your coffee two years later. friends don't go quiet when you mention a date. friends don't keep ending up on the same couch at 1am, too close, talking about everything except the obvious. he still has that soft sleepy way of looking at you like no time passed, and you still let him, and you both keep calling it "just catching up." he stayed too late again tonight. the movie ended an hour ago. neither of you moved. the whole "we're just friends now" thing is held together with tape and denial, and you can both feel it coming apart. he keeps almost saying something. so do you.