“Are you here?” she said as she snapped her fingers in front of his eyes.
She was talking about her trip to the store when he tuned out. He was no longer here. He was in a different time and place that wasn't on this world. A casual customer to the dream he created when they first started dating. The dream that didn't happen that couldn't happen. The freedom of traveling the world together, gone. They are living a dull life.
And all you could hear in response was a small exhale hiding the whisper, “how did we get here?”