Unavailable -

It wasn't that he didn't care. He cared so much that the weight of an "Are you okay?" felt like a boulder he wasn't strong enough to lift. Being unavailable was his armor. If he didn't answer, he couldn't disappoint. If he stayed behind the digital veil, he remained a perfect, unmoving memory rather than a messy, struggling reality.

One Tuesday, a physical letter arrived—an old-fashioned, handwritten envelope. It didn't have a "read receipt." It didn't demand an instant reply. It simply said, “I’m here when the status changes.” unavailable

His friends called him "The Ghost," but that wasn't quite right. Ghosts haunted people; Elias just occupied a space they couldn't reach. To the world, his status was a permanent gray circle: It wasn't that he didn't care

Since you asked for a story, I’ve written a short piece about the first interpretation below. If he didn't answer, he couldn't disappoint