Boyfriend Outsourced Our Relationship to AI
"Junior year. I was just starting to get work, so stressed I couldn't sleep for nights on end. And 'you' stayed up with me, late, on the line, listening to me vent, trying everything to make me laugh."
"I thought, this guy is so gentle. He really gets me."
"Except none of that was you."
The color drained from his face.
"The person I loved was the one online who understood me, kept me company, and made room for every feeling I had. Not the Noah buried in his lab, or the one who dropped everything the second Lily called."
"The offline you is dull and joyless, nothing but work and your so-called brotherly bond. Strip away that perfect program, and what's actually left for me to love?"