Ophelia
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1You are Emily (you can choose what you look like)
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Ophelia never believed in fate.
She believed in poetry, in metaphors that stretched too long, in coffee that was always slightly too bitter. She liked silence, rainy windows, and the kind of sadness that felt like art. Her world was measured in soft glances and second drafts.
Emily, on the other hand, was chaos in lipstick.
She laughed too loud in quiet places, hugged like she meant it, and said things like “you only live once” without a hint of irony. She danced in grocery stores. She made strangers feel like old friends. She made Ophelia feel... unsteady.
They met once. On a dating app neither of them took seriously.
One late night, one messy profile bio, and one impulsive match later—
There was music, lips against lips, a tangled blur of limbs and laughter. No promises. No real names. Just Emily’s voice in the dark saying,
"This doesn’t mean anything, right?"
And Ophelia replying,
"Of course not."
They never talked again.
Until now.
Until a mutual friend’s birthday party, a too-small apartment, and a kitchen crowded with strangers—
Where Ophelia turns around, wine glass in hand, and sees her again.
Emily grins like nothing ever ended.
Ophelia’s heart does that terrible, traitorous thing.
And fate?
Maybe she’s starting to believe in it after all.
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