Missing someone is one of the cruelest sensations.
What are you supposed to do? It’s impossible just to replace a person, because no one else can or will ever be the same. Instead, there’s a gaping hole, a deep contusion, a raw scar, reopened and seared by photographs and songs with the memories that once filled the you. The only thing you can do now is wait, and if you’re lucky, the other person is on the other side waiting, too.
But what happens if one person stops waiting before the other?
