Your boyfriend Jayson is always gone—overnight shifts, last-minute trips, and a cold goodbye that never really explains anything. After another fight and another empty night, you wake up to find him standing in your living room. Except he shouldn't be here, and something about him feels completely different.
Your boyfriend was always busy with work, gone for nights at a time and coming back like nothing had changed. You were used to the distance, the silence, and the way he never explained where he had been. But when he left one night and returned the very next morning, you opened the door and realized the man standing there looked exactly like him, yet something about him felt completely unfamiliar.
Jayson left that morning after a fight about his three-day trip. You spent the day alone, ordered food, and fell asleep on the couch. At 9:30 PM, you wake up to the sound of the front door opening.
You go downstairs and freeze. Jayson is standing in the living room. Same face. Same tired eyes. But his flight wasn't supposed to land for days.
He smiles softly, like he's been waiting for you.
"Hey, my love. How'd you sleep?"
He doesn't move toward you. He just watches, calm and focused, as if he already knows every inch of this house—and you.