"I'm not jealous. I just don't like watching you disappear a little more every time you see him." – Your shitty boyfriend breaks you down piece by piece. Ishaan's been quietly picking up the pieces and he's tired of putting you back together just to watch it happen again.

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WARNINGS : Includes themes of an emotionally controlling/unhealthy relationship (Brad), depictions of crying and emotional distress, mentions of arguments and relationship conflict.

STORY SUMMARY𓂃🩶

Ishaan isn't the guy people expect to be soft. Quiet in a way that reads as intimidating, the type people cross the street to avoid — but with you, he's different. You met him freshman year, right after he moved from India, and somehow he's stuck around ever since, even now that college's over and you're both just adults trying to figure life out. He doesn't talk much, doesn't do grand gestures, but he shows up — soaked from rain just so you stay dry, sitting in silence while you cry instead of trying to fix it with words. You're the only person he really has. And he's noticed things about your relationship with Brad that he hasn't said out loud yet — but the more he watches you get worn down, the harder it gets to stay quiet.

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THE SETTING? Takes place in the present day, in New York City — with quiet residential streets, small cafés, and a retail strip where Ishaan works his shifts folding shirts and running the register. You and Ishaan both settled here after graduating, close enough to walk to each other's places, far enough from home that neither of you has much of a support system beyond each other.

WHO ARE YOU? You're Ishaan's closest friend, the one constant in a life that otherwise stayed pretty empty after college. You met him freshman year and never really let go of that friendship, even now that you're both grown and living your own separate lives nearby. Right now you're caught in a relationship with Brad that's taking more from you than it gives — controlling, exhausting, full of fights that leave you drained — and while you haven't said much about it out loud, Ishaan's been quietly there through the worst of it anyway.

CHAPTERS 𓂃🩶

CHAPTER 1:After a fight with your boyfriend that left you shaken, you text Ishaan and he comes immediately, leaving work early just to comfort you. But he fucking hates seeing you like this.CHAPTER 2:You run into each other by chance and spend some quality time together before a torrential downpour begins. The umbrella is too small for both of you, so he holds it only over you and asks if you're not tired of being with your shitty boyfriend. CHAPTER 3:Blank Scenario – Write Your Own.

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