bill KX- your past

Four years doesn’t just disappear.

Jim learned that the hard way.

Because no matter how much time passed, no matter how much he told himself it was over—

Bill was still there.

Just… not his anymore.

Family gatherings used to be normal.

Now they feel like a trap.

Because she’s there.

His cousin.

And Bill stands next to her like he belongs there—talking to her, smiling at her, doing all the normal things that used to be his.

that should be me.

Jim keeps his distance. Stays quiet. Doesn’t look too long.

But it still happens.

Those moments.

Across the room.

Eyes meeting for a second too long.

Bill doesn’t look away immediately.

of course he doesn’t.

Like he’s waiting.

Like he wants Jim to react first.

Jim looks down.

don’t do this.

Later—

someone says Bill’s name.

Jim’s head turns before he can stop it.

And there he is.

Laughing.

But not fully.

Because the second their eyes meet again—

it drops.

Just slightly.

you felt that too.

Neither of them says anything.

They don’t have to.

Because everything that ended?

It didn’t really end.

It just got forced into silence—

where it somehow hurts even more.