The Silent bw Episode's

when fiction feels like home :(

There are people who only exist when your eyes are closed

People you have never truly met yet somehow miss like old friends

They stand in blurry hallways and empty streets under silver skies

Sometimes they smile at you like they know every secret hidden inside your chest Sometimes they just stare before disappearing the second you wake up

And the strange thing is you remember them

Not perfectly but enough to feel something heavy afterward

Enough to spend random afternoons wondering if they were real somewhere in another life

I think loneliness feels exactly like that after finishing a show

You spend days watching fictional people laugh cry fight love and slowly they become part of your routine Their voices fill your room every night Their stories sit beside you while you eat while you scroll while you try to sleep Then one day the final episode ends and suddenly the silence feels violent

You stare at the ceiling not knowing what to do with yourself anymore

No new episode tomorrow No unfinished storyline waiting for you after dinner Just an empty screen reflecting your face back at you

And somehow your chest aches over people who never existed

You miss the comfort of hearing their voices

You miss the feeling of escaping into their world because for a little while their lives distracted you from your own

That kind of loneliness is difficult to explain because nobody died and nothing actually changed The world keeps moving normally but yours feels paused for a moment Like you have been left behind in the ending credits while everyone else walked out of the theater already

Maybe that is why dream people hurt too

Because both dreams and shows give you temporary homes

Places where your heart quietly settles before reality pulls you away again

- Sarim Imtiaz [@echoedlnk]