I see u

Previously

…As the door sealed you off from the small room, a profound sense of emptiness settled into your chest, a dull ache that resonated with the quiet tapping of your own footsteps on the linoleum floor. You’d done the right thing, the responsible thing, but as you walked out into the cool evening air, the last rays of sunlight fading from the sky, you realized you were right back where you started: a stranger in a city of millions, with no way to find her again. The hope that had flared so brightly just moments before had been extinguished, leaving behind only the lingering ashes of what might have been. The headphones were gone, but the feeling of loss, of a missed opportunity, remained.