Gemotions

As soon as she saw him, the floor seemed to tilt for Maya. The joyful atmosphere of the wedding suddenly became a suffocating weight. She felt a strange tingling in her fingertips and the urge to run. It had been a year, and the sight of her ex, Liam, was still capable of generating this sudden wave of anxiety.

She forced a smile, attempting to appear at ease, but the gesture felt fake, hollow. Her eyes darted around the room, trying to avoid his gaze, but it was impossible. She felt an urgent need to escape, to be somewhere, anywhere, where he wasn’t.

Every laugh, every toast, felt like a stab of a knife. The happy couple seemed a world away from the turmoil raging inside her. She felt overwhelmed, as if she were drowning in a sea of unspoken emotions.