Though tagged “workplace romance,” this story has no romantic scenes at all. It tells of a bond crushed by reality.
They became like siblings after meeting at work, when one of them was the other’s former manager, hoping to break down the barriers between them. But the shop closed, they ended up living in different places, and conflicts of interest and clashes in outlook turned an already fragile bond into a cycle of mutual exhaustion. There is no warmth of closeness, only the chill of growing apart. This is the stark truth of a relationship that begins with the hope of intimacy and ends in an unavoidable estrangement. It lays bare the fragility and helplessness behind their bond: some relationships are never destined to become truly close.
