You fall for his smile, but he doesn’t even stumble. Something squeezes your chest, tightening every time you think of him.
It’s like an elastic band is wrapped round your heart.
With time the elastic loosens, and other things seem important again. But then you see him. All it takes is, “Hey,” and, “I’ll see you tomorrow”. You hold your breath. The elastic tightens.
But you don’t see him tomorrow, or the next day. The elastic loosens, because it’s not tied to him, it’s only wrapped round you.
Maybe one day it’ll slip off completely, but not whilst you hold on.