@Ik

I Love You Used to Mean Less He used to say I love you like it was nothing. Like a goodnight text. Like a routine. Like a way to keep someone from walking away too soon. It wasn’t cruel—just empty. The words came easy because they didn’t carry weight. They didn’t have to. Then she showed up. She didn’t say much, but she listened in a way that made silence feel safe. She laughed at his worst jokes, remembered the stories he forgot he told, and noticed things no one else ever…