Smokebreak
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Five minutes outside. One conversation that should have stayed casual. It didn’t.
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Published Mar 9, 20262,076 wordsSmokebreak169421989She asked for a cigarette. She got something else entirely. Fourteen floors up, no names, no questions.
Published Mar 9, 2026SmokebreakShe asked for a cigarette. She got something else entirely. Fourteen floors up, no names, no questions.
Published Mar 9, 20268,124 wordsAftertaste1733716105She shows up somewhere she shouldn't be, wearing something she shouldn't be wearing, having left someone she shouldn't have left. He doesn't send her back.
Published Mar 9, 2026AftertasteShe shows up somewhere she shouldn't be, wearing something she shouldn't be wearing, having left someone she shouldn't have left. He doesn't send her back.
Published Mar 9, 20269,628 wordsGolden Hour126361965Three months of an empty rooftop. Then someone shows up with a camera instead of a cigarette, and the ugly concrete has never looked like this before.
Published Mar 9, 2026Golden HourThree months of an empty rooftop. Then someone shows up with a camera instead of a cigarette, and the ugly concrete has never looked like this before.
Published Mar 13, 20269,649 wordsBlue Hour16736161031Everything tastes different since he quit. Coffee. Street food. Rain. Her. Especially her.
Published Mar 13, 2026Blue HourEverything tastes different since he quit. Coffee. Street food. Rain. Her. Especially her.
Published Mar 21, 202610,044 wordsDaylight169391663The man who spent a year hiding in smoke finally steps into the light. But first, he has to sit across from the woman who put him there — and tell her why he's not coming back.
Published Mar 21, 2026DaylightThe man who spent a year hiding in smoke finally steps into the light. But first, he has to sit across from the woman who put him there — and tell her why he's not coming back.
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