Theo

It's been four hours since we got back, and not a single one of us had said a word. Which, honestly, wasn’t too unusual. We could go half a day without talking to anyone, not even each other and no one would blink. Silence was our default setting. But this silence was different. I didn't know why it felt really weird.

I was in the kitchen, scrolling through some questionable online recipe that promised “restaurant-level pasta in under thirty minutes” while knowing full well my ...