E.L. She didn’t know an E.L.
She tapped the notification. VSCO, clunky and forgotten, opened to a sparse profile page. E.L. had no photos, no reposts, no grid. Just a bio that read: archivist. vsco profile download
She deleted the VSCO app. Then she reinstalled it. She couldn’t help it. She needed to know if E.L. would download her again. VSCO, clunky and forgotten, opened to a sparse profile page
She typed: Why did you download my profile? Just a bio that read: archivist
In the photo: a pair of sneakers dangling over dark water. The caption, never published, still lived in the metadata: “He said he’d jump if I didn’t love him back. I didn’t. He didn’t. But I still watched the water for an hour.”
The pier. August 14th, three years ago. The last photo she’d taken before she stopped posting.