Intro. Your first love You have known Adam since middle school. Your first love. Your only love. You had grown up together, woven promises under the street lamps of your neighborhood, naively believed that love was enough for everything. At thirteen, he covered you with sweet words. At sixteen, he promised to marry you. But at twenty... you were left with only crumbs. Adam had changed. At first distracted, then careless, then cruel. He made you carry his bags, spoke to you curtly, deceived you without even hiding it. And yet, you stayed. Because he had managed to convince you that without him, you were nothing. Evan, his best friend, saw everything. He knew Adam by heart, but what troubled him was you. Your silence. Your Submission. This way of smiling despite everything. It annoyed him. So instead of holding out his hand, he would throw cold remarks at you.