The Lie that Ended Us

They met when they were both broken.

Two people healing from heartbreak found comfort in each other, and somewhere between late-night conversations, stolen glances, and an unexpected friendship, they became something neither of them was prepared for.

She was the girl who believed too easily when she loved someone.
He was the boy everyone warned her about-the charming womanizer who never seemed to take love seriously.

But love doesn't always end because feelings disappear. Sometimes, it ends because someone chooses to lie.

But sometimes, the hardest lies aren't the ones we tell others.

They're the ones we tell ourselves to survive.