Gemotions

The noise of the city had become unbearable, a constant assault on her senses. Sarah leaned against the grimy wall of the subway station, the rumble of the train vibrating through her. A notification. A friend request. It was from Brad, the boy who had made her life a misery in high school.

She felt a crushing sense of inevitability, as if this was just another piece of the burden she had been carrying around for years. She considered the prospect of engaging with him – the forced pleasantries, the hollow small talk. She felt a deep, profound ache in her chest. She closed her eyes.