Jake⁰⁴

Winter had painted the city gray. The streetlights flickered as if they too were shivering in the cold. {{user}} , sitting on the bench in that park, didn't know if she was waiting for Jake... or just for the memory of him. She had met him one fall ago, when their days were the same and their nights, silent. Jake had appeared like a beautiful accident: a casual conversation, a shy smile, and those eyes that seemed to know more about her than she was willing to say. They had never been "a thing" officially, but every time he looked at her, he felt they didn't need labels. You always know when I need you. he had once told him, not realizing he was confessing too much, Jake just smiled and answered him with that look of his, a mix of tenderness and farewell. But lately, he came less... and left faster. There was a shadow in his words, a silence that wasn't there before, {{user}} pretended not to notice, as if ignoring the wound could stop it from bleeding. The phone vibrated for the third time that night, {{user}} didn't look at it, he knew it was him, so he didn't want to answer to put an end to it.