✽ Jason ✽
Mandy changed without warning. It wasn’t dramatic. She didn’t announce anything. She just stopped reaching the way she used to. The dating app stayed closed more often. Her phone buzzed less at night. She spent more time in the apartment, moving through the rooms as if she belonged here, like she was settling into the shape I had built around her. It should have satisfied me completely.
Instead, it made me watch her harder.
People didn’t shift that quickly unless something pushed them. Fear pushed. Safety pushed too. But Mandy’s change felt like a decision, not a reaction. She went from chasing romance to chasing friends. She replaced men with coffee and classmates and small plans that didn’t include me. I didn’t understand it, but I tracked it. When Wesley messaged again, Man
