Gemotions

Mark felt the blood drain from his face as David explained his move to Florida. He'd been looking forward to their weekly video game night for months. He felt like he was floating. His palms were slick with sweat. He couldn't quite focus on David's excited description of the weather.

He found himself starting and stopping conversations, asking the same question again and again. David looked at him with an increasingly puzzled expression. Mark picked up his phone and texted his mother, though he had nothing to say. Then, he got up and started pacing his apartment. He felt like his legs wouldn't work correctly.

The silence that followed David's announcement felt enormous, stretching out into a vast emptiness. He looked around the room, which felt suddenly unfamiliar, as if he'd never seen it before.