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CAPTION: It’s the people you know that will hurt you the most in this world, not strangers.
Sid looks over his shoulder.
SID: You’re focusing so much on them, spending all your time at the fucking hospital.
CAPTION: 2023
Mae pulls at their hair in distress.
MAE: They almost died, Sid! How selfish could you be?
Tears start to roll down Mae’s cheek.
MAE: I’ve never met someone with so little empathy. The only person I’ve seen you care about is yourself.
Sid, back turned to Mae, also starts to cry.
SID: . . .
MAE: If you really do care about me, at all, please get some help!
Nancy is laying down, with Sid on top of her.
NANCY: I can help you.
SID: No you can’t.
CAPTION: 2022
In a crowd, Mae stands with a “one of those days” shirt. Nancy gives them a dirty look from the side.
Nancy puts her foot out in front of Mae.
Mae falls, with a crack in their leg, as Nancy walks away smirking.
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Mae reminisces, wistfully.
MAE: But why can’t things be the way they were back then?
CAPTION: Maybe that good feeling was just an illusion.
CAPTION: 2019
Mae walks out of a doorframe wearing a towel. The ghost form of Sid waits for them.
SID: Can I tell you something?
Mae adjusts their hair, giving Sid a side-eye.
MAE: Dude, um, how about later?
Sid watches Mae apply lotion on their leg, drooling over them.
SID: I think you’re damn good-looking.
