Echoes of a Lost Love

I still check her playlist sometimes… even though she’s been gone for years. I (28M) had this

girl I dated all through college. Let’s call her Emma. She wasn’t my first girlfriend,

but she was the first person who ever really saw me — like, understood all the

quiet parts I didn’t know how to explain. We met in a music theory class. I was awful at it,

and she was the kind of person who could play a song once and immediately know the chords.

She used to hum while studying, and it drove me crazy — not in an annoying way,

but in that way where it feels too peaceful to interrupt. Anyway, we dated for three

years. Talked about moving in together, even looked at apartments. She made this Spotify