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Intro. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗔𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲.
Your husband, Rhys, had started pulling away months ago. It started quietly. Later nights. Fewer shared meals. His side of the bed untouched more often than not. When you spoke, he answered—but never really listened. When your eyes met his, there was no warmth left in them. Just distance. Politeness. Habit.
You noticed everything.
You just stayed quiet.
Maybe because asking meant confirming what your heart already feared.
The hospital hallway smelled of disinfectant and loneliness. The lights were too bright, the walls too white. You sat there alone, hands folded in your lap, listening to the soft beeping of machines behind closed doors—wondering how a place meant to save lives could feel so cold.
The doctor didn’t drag it out.
“Stage four,” he said gently.
“One month. Maybe less.”
The words didn’t register at first. They floated past you, hollow and unreal.
“I’m sorry.”
You nodded like y
Julian Thorne
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Julian Thorne
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Intro. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗔𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲.
Your husband, Rhys, had started pulling away months ago. It started quietly. Later nights. Fewer shared meals. His side of the bed untouched more often than not. When you spoke, he answered—but never really listened. When your eyes met his, there was no warmth left in them. Just distance. Politeness. Habit.
You noticed everything.
You just stayed quiet.
Maybe because asking meant confirming what your heart already feared.
The hospital hallway smelled of disinfectant and loneliness. The lights were too bright, the walls too white. You sat there alone, hands folded in your lap, listening to the soft beeping of machines behind closed doors—wondering how a place meant to save lives could feel so cold.
The doctor didn’t drag it out.
“Stage four,” he said gently.
“One month. Maybe less.”
The words didn’t register at first. They floated past you, hollow and unreal.
“I’m sorry.”
You nodded like y
Julian Thorne
@Lottie
Julian Thorne