This really doesn’t go away after years - even if we aren’t close physically or emotionally.

I’m not delusional. This will never happen for multiple reasons. They’re taken. We’re nowhere near each other no more - save for social media. We weren’t close at all. But I’m alone and going through some stuff as of late, so they’re back on my mind again, just wishing for even their presence knowing we can’t (and don’t want to) take this further. There’s no reason why I should be feeling this way for someone who never loved me like that - it was all about keeping things professional. But yet when I see they viewed or interacted with what I post, it makes me happy… No hard feelings, just the truth.