The first piece I've finished in years, so I'm quite rusty but hope you enjoy it anyway.
Danny had never realized how good it had been. Sure they had their arguments (how were earl grey tea bags domestic?), but she'd been a good person to have around. That sense of companionship had got him through many a dark day. Now, however, it was all over. And it was all Will's fault.
No, that was a lie. Will had made Zoe happy in a way that he never had. That thought alone was enough to drag him back into the darkness that he'd barely managed to escape since Will and Zoe had got engaged (if he was honest, since they'd started going out. But he wasn't ready to be honest yet). If it had just been jealousy he could have coped with that. It wasn't though. It was the rest of the emotions that came along with it, loneliness being the worst. She was still around, was still his friend, but it wasn't the same. Now she had someone to go talk to when things got bad, when she had news, or whenever she just needed a chat, and he was just a back up. And that left him with no one, just a shadow of a friend. Part of him just wished that she would move out, so that they could finish this fake roommate relationship and so he could move on. Maybe Sam would be interested in moving in instead. Maybe he could muddle his way through a relationship with her. It wouldn't be the same as with Zoe, but at least he'd have someone. Anyone.
But not her.