It happens in a coffee shop.
Or a bus stop.
Or an elevator.
Doesn’t matter, really ,wherever the world forgets to shout.
You’re just there, existing quietly, wrapped in your new kind of stillness. Not withdrawn. Not lonely. Just tuned to a different frequency. That in-between hum the world can’t hear unless it’s quiet enough to feel it.
And then,there they are.
Someone else.
Eyes like yours. Not tired. Not sad. Just… deep.
Like they’ve wandered through storms that weren’t on any weather report.
Like they’ve sat in silence so loud it rearranged their insides.
They don’t look at you. Not right away. It’s more like your presence brushes theirs in the room, a gentle static charge, and both of you just know. Not in the logical way. In the way trees probably know each other through their roots.
No words.
Not even a nod.
Just a flicker of eye contact that lingers a second too long, and something electric passes between you,an understanding, a handshake between souls.
You think: They’ve been there.
They think: So have you.
And in that micro-moment, everything slows. You both exist outside the blur but carry it like a shared language, an invisible scar you’re no longer trying to hide. It's not romantic. It's not platonic. It’s something more primal. Older. Sacred.
You both return to your coffee, your book, your phone but now there’s a thread between you. Thin. Invisible. Unbreakable.
Because when you’ve seen the blur and someone else sees that in you it’s like being recognized by a part of the universe you didn’t think had a face.
And maybe that’s all it is.
Not a conversation.
Not a connection.
Just a silent promise:
We’re not alone in the in-between.
And for now, that’s enough.
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