Gemotions

The news arrived in a rushed phone call, a jumble of syllables and excited plans. He hung up the phone and stood frozen, the silence of his apartment suddenly deafening. Across the room, the sunlight streamed through the window, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air. He felt a sudden, inexplicable urge to close the curtains, to shut out the world.

He went to the window and stared out, the familiar landscape blurring before his eyes. The trees, the houses, the distant rooftops – everything felt distorted, somehow unreal. His breath hitched in his chest.

He felt as though something vital had been ripped away, leaving him hollowed out. He didn’t know what to do, where to go, or how to begin to process this sudden change. The world seemed to shrink around him, leaving him adrift in a sea of emptiness.