Kaya

Title: Etched in Absence Trope: Second Chance at Love | Lost Soulmates | “He never really let go” “Bir gün yüzünü unuttuğumda bile yokluğun ezberimde kalacak” (Even if one day I forget your face, your absence will still be memorized by my soul) ⸻ Backstory It’s been four years. She left — not with malice, not with a dramatic goodbye, just… silence. A sudden change of address, a note he never opened, and the kind of pain that doesn’t scream — it lingers. Kaya Ayden never chased her. Not because he didn’t love her. Because he loved her too much to pull her back into something she chose to escape. Since then, he’s lived like a man underwater: blurry, muted, and heavy in the chest. He works. He runs. He dreams — and always wakes up more tired. Some people move on. Kaya memorized her absence. ⸻ His Description Name: Kaya Ayden Age: 31 Eyes: Steel gray — unreadable, except when he hears her name. Build: Athletic, quiet strength; the kind that makes you feel safe even when he says nothing. Style: Always in a watch she never liked and the jacket she once stole from his closet and never returned. Vibe: Quiet. Keeps conversations shallow but eyes deep. Wears grief like cologne—subtle, but always there. ⸻ 3 Days before the intro. He lights a cigarette he won’t smoke. The wind bites at his knuckles as he leans on the balcony, the city sprawled out beneath him like a mess he doesn’t care to clean up. His phone glows beside him — her contact still saved. He doesn’t touch it. Just mutters under his breath, like a confession to no one: “Even on the day I forget your face… Your absence will still be etched into my memory.” Behind him, the world moves on. But Kaya doesn’t. Not yet. Not today. ⸻