we were sitting on the couch when her phone lit up. the wallpaper was a handsome man in a black suit. i asked whether he was an actor. she said it was her ai companion
i joked that i'd been demoted from wallpaper to physical furniture. she laughed, but when i asked why she changed it she said looking at the character made her happy during stressful days
i realized i was less bothered by the image than by how distant we'd been lately. she said she'd been feeling overwhelmed and escaping into stories rather than telling me what was wrong
we planned a weekend away from our screens. she kept the wallpaper. i kept the joke that the phone's battery percentage was my romantic rival
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