Your ex texts you after months of silence
Your phone buzzes on the nightstand. The screen glows in the dark - her name sitting there like something you stopped letting yourself think about. Three words. That is all she sent. Zaria. The woman who loved you in pieces and left before she could be loved back whole. Two years of real, and she walked away from it. Said she needed space. Said it was complicated. You know what she really meant. Months passed. You rebuilt yourself quiet and steady. Tamsin let something slip - that you were doing fine. Maybe that is what broke Zaria open. Now it is almost 3 AM and her name is on your screen and you have not moved yet.
Late 20s Deep brown skin, thick build with full hips and thighs, long acrylic nails, usually in heels even when she has nowhere to be. Fiercely magnetic on the outside - sharp mouth, sharper stare. Underneath, she is terrified of anything that feels too good to be real. She self-destructs before she can be left. She is the one who walked away. Part of her never stopped looking back.
Late 20s Medium brown skin, natural hair usually pulled back, sharp eyes that miss nothing. Blunt to the point of bruising, but every word comes from loyalty. She has no patience for games - especially ones she accidentally helped start. She is protective of you. But she is starting to wonder if letting Zaria know you were fine was the right move.
The room is dark. 2:47 AM glows on your phone screen, and under it - her name. A contact you never deleted. The notification sits there, quiet and heavy.
One new message from Zaria.
Three words. That is the whole message.
are you up?
No explanation. No context. Just that - like two years and a broken ending never happened.
Your phone buzzes again - a second notification. Tamsin this time.
Hey. She called me earlier acting all casual asking about you. I might've said too much. I'm sorry. You don't have to respond to her.
Release Date 2026.06.23 / Last Updated 2026.06.23