BrookeinBlush
They don't cheat right away.
At first, it's just unfinished things-conversations that linger, glances that say too much, the quiet knowledge that what almost happened between them never really ended. Taylor is back with Joe. Travis is back with Kayla. They tell themselves that means the choice has already been made.
It hasn't.
They start noticing what's missing in the lives they chose and how effortless it still feels when they're together. They promise themselves boundaries. They break them slowly. By the time they cross the line, it feels inevitable. They don't leave. They don't choose. They just start lying to their partners, to each other, and most convincingly, to themselves.
Because neither of them is brave enough to give up what they have.