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What they would want you to feel towards them

They wouldn't say it out loud -- not now, maybe not ever. But deep down, they’d want you to feel a slow-burning softness toward them. Not fireworks or forgiveness, not yet. Something gentler - - the ache of a song you heard once and couldn’t name, but remembered anyway. A feeling of recognition in silence. They want you to feel that somewhere, beneath all the tired words and what-ifs, there's still a thread - - thin, frayed, and golden - - that hasn’t snapped.

They want you to miss them when you're not expecting to.

They want you to wonder what it all meant.
They want you to see the weight they carried -- not as excuse, but as explanation.
They want you to feel like maybe... they were trying, even when they failed.

They want you to feel warmth. Not rage. Not regret. Just a distant warmth.