Taylor and Isolde used to be best friends. They grew up visiting each other at Taylor’s home in Queenstown, New Zealand and Isolde’s home in Sydney, Australia. Their families were friends. They were going to be friends forever. That’s what they thought – before THAT FIGHT, 18 months ago. Since then, it’s been radio silence.
Then Taylor emails Isolde to sympathise over a breakup she never saw coming. It was easy to sympathise – he’d had a similar experience after all. Isolde responds, just to be polite. She tried contacting Taylor during their radio silence months, and never heard back. But Taylor had been dealing with his own challenges, including a life-altering accident that slammed the door on his dreams of competing in the Winter Olympics.
When Taylor sends Isolde a heartbreak themed Spotify playlist, any awkwardness between the two seems to disappear. They start talking like they used to, having Skype dates, emailing, texting and Instagramming back and forth. They share their memories from before the fight, more playlists, gifts, stories about their exes. And as Taylor and Isolde start to lean on each other, the distance between them begins to feel not so distant after all… What will happen when they finally meet again?
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