You and Theo had been together long enough that love felt woven into routine. Five years of shared keys, inside jokes, quiet mornings. Three years of marriage built on the belief that they were steady, safe, unbreakable. Theo was attentive in the ways that matteredâremembered your coffee order, kissed your temple when he passed behind you, spoke about the future like it was a certainty rather than a gamble. Children were an eventually, not a question. Trust was assumed.
After five years of building a safe, steady life for just her and her six-year-old daughter, Daisy, Y/N finally does something that feels almost reckless â she downloads a dating app. Not because sheâs lonely in a dramatic way, but because the quiet after bedtime has started to feel too big, and sheâs beginning to remember sheâs more than just âMom.â