Preparing to Leave

A smartphone showing 2:57 a.m. and no notifications sits on a kitchen table while a muscular young man stands blurred at the worktop in the background, waiting late at night for a message.

Vasilis wants what many people want: to love, be chosen and build a life with someone. But when a relationship begins to matter, uncertainty becomes difficult to bear. A delayed reply, a changed tone or a pause can quickly become evidence that an ending has already begun. *Preparing to Leave* explores recognition, rejection and the ways we may begin mourning relationships before they are actually over.

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