Nathan
I studied him from afar, his eyes glued to his phone, but I could feel it. Something was off with Jacob, and it wasn’t just the dark circles under his eyes or the tension from work.
This was a shift in his mind, a change that seemed to have lodged in his very marrow. It was a shift that had occurred over the last few weeks, a transformation that was palpable yet unspoken.
He wasn’t the same. Not the vibrant, warm-hearted man I’d come to adore. Now, he was a stranger, lost in thought, detached.
Whenever we were together, his eyes had a tendency to wander, and when our fingers grazed, there was no electricity, no warmth. It was as if he was playing a part, going through the motions of love without truly feeling it.
I had almost convinced myself that it was all in my head, th
