The silence in the room became heavy, louder than any soundtrack. Sophie pulled her arm away from Elias, her breath hitching. The TV screen went black for a second, then a single line appeared in the center of the frame:
[Sophie is thinking about the text she didn't delete from her ex.] Easy (2016) subtitles
The flicker of the laptop screen was the only light in the cramped Chicago apartment where Elias and Sophie sat, shoulders touching. They were watching Easy , the anthology series that mirrored the very city outside their window, but there was a catch: the audio was broken. The silence in the room became heavy, louder