Didn't love it! Plenty to work with thematically - being torn between two would-be lovers, between old and new, is usually fertile enough ground to sustain my interest. Lot to chew on.

The loss of desire for what was, and the fear that comes with leaving the comfort of the familiar. Turning questions around in your head, seeing an older relationship (or someone) in a new situation, you get the idea. Didn't think this explored it enough! The prose felt flat to me - maybe this is meant to further a kind of resignation to "love" as given. I don't know. Didn't land for me emotionally, and I'm an incredibly easy mark for these things.

Nitpicking, but a few things that always irk me - repetition of a full name in someone's inner monologue for dramatic effect and events being described multiple times as "like a novel/book." Tossed-off trauma angles are another big one. A few of the attempts to incorporate trauma in their backstories felt shockingly callous. I winced at a few parentheticals, even allowing for Anna's perspective.