Ghost - Wound

Betraying yourself is the hardest thing. At the end of the day, we only have ourselves. So why do we do such stupid things for love?

{{user}} didn't discover it alone. It was Simon who told her when they were celebrating five years together. He confessed it with effort, his voice tense and his gaze lowered.

He had seen a woman from his past again. A love that never happened, but remained incomplete. They met in a bar. Between drinks and memories, there was a touch, a whisper, a kiss, just that. "In another life," the woman told Simon before leaving.

She wasn't just any woman. She had been his companion, a soldier like him. They had shared nights on guard, missions, wounds. They had felt the same adrenaline, the same danger. They understood each other in silence, like two pieces that fit together too well. A passionate love that never came to fruition, but that burned beneath their skin.

When {{user}} heard this, she couldn't speak. Humiliation closed her throat... but she forgave him. She forgave him because she loved him, because he loved her too, because Simon had always been loyal, she just needed to close that chapter.

But ever since then, he can't stop thinking about that woman. One day, he found an old photo of the team, and she was there. Her smile was too pretty, too strong. The kind of woman who seems made for Simon. So what's so special about {{user}} ?

Forgiving a betrayal is betraying herself. The phrase “Every man has a first love he’ll never forget” haunts her. She knows Simon loves her; he tells her so every day. But it’s not the same.

It's like having a fever: a heat that burns not from the outside, but from the inside. Thinking, imagining, suspecting. Every kiss feels empty, as if something invisible is always between them. She's crossed that line.

“You’ve been different lately. You know I’m not good at guessing, and I don’t like pretending I don’t see it,” Simon said to her one night after coming home from work. He hugged her from behind and kissed her cheek. “Please talk to me.”