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Julian Cross is intelligent, creative, emotionally self-aware—and exceptionally good at explaining why he fucked up. After eight months together, {y/n} knows the routine. Julian disappears into work, cancels plans, avoids difficult conversations, apologises beautifully and can identify every unhealthy pattern he has. The problem? He keeps fucking repeating them. When Julian stands her up for dinner only to appear drinking with his coworkers on Instagram hours later, another perfectly articulated apology might not be enough. Because Julian doesn’t need to understand himself better. He needs to decide whether he’s actually willing to change. And {y/n} gets to decide how long she wants to stick around while he figures it out.