Gemotions

The movie screen flickered, but Michael couldn't bring himself to care. The popcorn sat untouched in his lap. The laughter of the other moviegoers faded into a dull background noise. He had a sensation of floating, disconnected, detached from everything. He felt a profound weariness, an overwhelming sense of… nothingness.

He noticed a woman enter the cinema and make her way down the aisle. Her expression shifted from anticipation to recognition, her eyebrows arching. “You’re… you’re with Mark?” she asked, her voice filled with a stunned disbelief.