Hector thought the silence between them was just another rough patch. Then Shannon said the words out loud, and the life he'd built around her collapsed in a single evening.
He starts replaying everything — the night they met, the fight that cracked them, the small kindnesses he took for granted. Seven days, he tells himself. Seven days to memorize her laugh, her temper, the way she said his name, before he has to let the memories go quiet. But Shannon isn't waiting for him to finish. She's moving forward, and Hector has to figure out whether holding on is grief or just another way of refusing to change.
