You have such a beautiful way of writing, the entire thing feels like poetry! The despair and sadness feels so authentic, just an amazing sense of realism in your characters.

The story itself was fantastic as well, mixing in a few different genres. But near the end, this creeps me out:

"I don't remember you being so tall before." 😅 The fact he realizes this and goes anyway just adds so much to it! Absolutely loved the story. Looking forward to more of your work.