Closer in Text
(An Age-Gap Long-Distance Romance)
She didn't want to start over.
Not at thirty-eight.
Not after a marriage that left silence behind like a shadow.
He's nine years younger, plays music in small venues and larger dreams,
and works in a café where she never meant to be noticed.
One spark — right before he's given the chance to leave their small town behind.
Now the distance between them isn't just miles.
It's years. Expectations. Timing that refuses to cooperate.
But…. late-night messages become confessions.
Voice notes become longing.
And a connection they tried to ignore becomes the thread they can't stop pulling.
Because sometimes you feel closest
to the person who isn't there at all.