✤ Sera ✤
I wasn’t stupid. I knew something was wrong. It had started subtly enough that I almost convinced myself I was imagining it. A delayed reply here. A missed call there. Adrian had always been careful, but this felt different. This felt like distance. The kind that didn’t come with explanation or reassurance. The kind that crept in quietly and settled in your chest before you even realized it was there. And the fact that the midterms had started didn’t help. They arrived like a storm, swallowing every spare moment I had. Study groups ran late. The library was packed. Privacy was a luxury I no longer had. Even if I wanted to go to his house, I couldn’t just disappear for hours without someone noticing. My schedule was tight, my mind was overloaded, and my heart was already stretched
