New book · 100 stories
2 AM AFTER YOU 💔
100 Heartbreak Stories for the Hours You Can't Sleep
Written by Rohit K · Narrated by Lowy & Hope
It's 2 AM. The hoodie still smells like him. Her playlist is still on shuffle. Your phone is still face down, and you're still waiting for it to light up.
2 AM AFTER YOU is a collection of 100 short heartbreak stories, each told in first person, like a voice note sent in the dark. Fifty girls and fifty boys take turns speaking, and each story takes under two minutes to hear.
Ghosting, left on read, situationships, love bombing, long distance, the ex on your story views, the apartment that still smells like them. Every story ends with a twist you won't see coming and a last line that hurts.
It's sad, but never hopeless. Somewhere between story one and story one hundred, the heartbreak starts to feel a little more like healing.
Press play. You're not the only one awake.
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Start at story one, or choose a title below. Fifty girls. Fifty boys. One hundred first-person stories.
100 of 100 stories
- Story 01 · Girl POV
The Hoodie
He left his hoodie. That was three months ago. I still wear it to sleep.
Read story 1 → - Story 02 · Boy POV
The Playlist
I deleted her number. But my Spotify is still her playlist.
Read story 2 → - Story 03 · Girl POV
The Fake Account
I thought he ghosted me. Then I saw who was viewing my stories every night.
Read story 3 → - Story 04 · Boy POV
Delivered
I sent "I miss you" at 2:07 AM. It's been delivered for forty-one days.
Read story 4 → - Story 05 · Girl POV
Love Bombed
He told me I was the one on the third date. By the sixth, he'd picked our wedding song.
Read story 5 → - Story 06 · Boy POV
Her Perfume
I walked past a stranger in Tesco and nearly dropped my basket. Same perfume.
Read story 6 → - Story 07 · Girl POV
Best Friend to Stranger
We used to share one brain. Now we share a mutual friend group and nothing else.
Read story 7 → - Story 08 · Boy POV
The Other Guy
I saw her at a bar with someone new. He was laughing at her jokes. They weren't even funny.
Read story 8 → - Story 09 · Girl POV
Seen at 11:47
I know exactly when he read my text. 11:47 PM. He just didn't care enough to type back.
Read story 9 → - Story 10 · Boy POV
Apartment Still Smells Like Her
I moved out. The apartment kept her.
Read story 10 → - Story 11 · Girl POV
The Password
I found out he cheated through Netflix. Not a text. Not a photo. A "Continue Watching" row.
Read story 11 → - Story 12 · Boy POV
The Dot
I still have her location. Every night at 2 AM, I check that little dot, and every night it's sitting in her flat.
Read story 12 → - Story 13 · Girl POV
Thirty-Six Thousand Feet
We were both on a plane at the same time. I just didn't know we'd be passing each other.
Read story 13 → - Story 14 · Boy POV
On This Day
My phone made a video about us. I didn't ask it to.
Read story 14 → - Story 15 · Girl POV
First Date Number Two
I went on a date with someone new. I still took my ex to dinner.
Read story 15 → - Story 16 · Boy POV
Five Stars
I paid fourteen pounds eighty for the ride that broke my heart.
Read story 16 → - Story 17 · Girl POV
Diplomats
Our friends turned into diplomats. Two countries. One group chat.
Read story 17 → - Story 18 · Boy POV
Voicemail
I call her phone every night just to hear fourteen seconds of her voice.
Read story 18 → - Story 19 · Girl POV
Scheduled
He texted me happy birthday at midnight. It was the nicest thing he'd done in months.
Read story 19 → - Story 20 · Boy POV
The Elbow
I'm the elbow in her dating profile.
Read story 20 → - Story 21 · Girl POV
The Streak
We broke up in February. We're still on a four hundred and twelve day Snapchat streak.
Read story 21 → - Story 22 · Boy POV
Her Mum
Her mum still texts me. I don't have the heart to tell her we broke up.
Read story 22 → - Story 23 · Girl POV
Are You Up
He texted "u up?" at 2:03 AM. I was. That's the problem.
Read story 23 → - Story 24 · Boy POV
Outfit Check
I helped her pick the outfit. She wore it on a date with someone else.
Read story 24 → - Story 25 · Girl POV
Row F
I saw him at the concert. He was singing our song. He wasn't looking at the stage.
Read story 25 → - Story 26 · Boy POV
Custody
We share a dog. I think that's the only reason we still talk.
Read story 26 → - Story 27 · Girl POV
Recently Deleted
I deleted every photo of us. Then my phone told me I had twenty-nine days to change my mind.
Read story 27 → - Story 28 · Boy POV
Plus One
I got invited to her cousin's wedding. The card said "Daniel and guest." I don't have a guest.
Read story 28 → - Story 29 · Girl POV
Shared Note
We shared one note in the Notes app. It was called "Things to do together." He never deleted it.
Read story 29 → - Story 30 · Boy POV
Kudos
She gave me kudos on my run. It's the most she's said to me in five months.
Read story 30 → - Story 31 · Girl POV
Blend
Spotify made me a playlist with my ex. We broke up eight months ago, and it's still updating.
Read story 31 → - Story 32 · Boy POV
The Spare Key
She still has my key. I still haven't changed the lock.
Read story 32 → - Story 33 · Girl POV
The Green Ring
I got removed from his Close Friends. Now I know where I actually stood.
Read story 33 → - Story 34 · Boy POV
Hidden
I hid her from my feed. Then I saw her profile on Hinge.
Read story 34 → - Story 35 · Girl POV
Find My
I lost my AirPod. Find My told me where it was. It was in her flat.
Read story 35 → - Story 36 · Boy POV
Two Clocks
I have two clocks on my phone. One shows my time. One shows hers.
Read story 36 → - Story 37 · Girl POV
The Wrong Name
I still order two coffees. One with his name on the cup.
Read story 37 → - Story 38 · Boy POV
Five Letters
I know how she's doing from her Wordle score. That's all I get now.
Read story 38 → - Story 39 · Girl POV
Needle
I went to get our matching tattoo covered. The artist told me my ex had been in last week.
Read story 39 → - Story 40 · Boy POV
Listed
She's selling everything I ever gave her on Depop. I bought the last thing.
Read story 40 → - Story 41 · Girl POV
1.5x
I listened to his last voice note at 1.5x speed. I regret it more than the breakup.
Read story 41 → - Story 42 · Boy POV
Home
I typed "home" into Google Maps and it took me to her door.
Read story 42 → - Story 43 · Girl POV
Congratulations
LinkedIn told me my ex has a new job. I clicked "Congratulations" before I could stop myself.
Read story 43 → - Story 44 · Boy POV
Opposite Hours
For three months, we both changed our gym times to avoid each other. We never saw each other once.
Read story 44 → - Story 45 · Girl POV
Half a Dozen
I found out he cheated from Venmo. The caption was a rose emoji.
Read story 45 → - Story 46 · Boy POV
Read Receipt
She replied eight months late. "Sorry, just saw this."
Read story 46 → - Story 47 · Girl POV
Wrong Name
I said "I love you" to my new boyfriend. Then I called him by my ex's name.
Read story 47 → - Story 48 · Boy POV
Shoelace
We took the same Uber home from our friend's party. Neither of us said a word for twenty-two minutes.
Read story 48 → - Story 49 · Girl POV
Liked
He liked a photo from 2022 at 2:14 AM. Then unliked it three seconds later. Too late. I got the notification.
Read story 49 → - Story 50 · Boy POV
11:03
I accidentally FaceTimed her at 2 AM. She picked up.
Read story 50 → - Story 51 · Girl POV
You Won
My Apple Watch told me I won. I've never felt more like a loser.
Read story 51 → - Story 52 · Boy POV
Soft Launch
She never posted me once. Fourteen months. Not one photo.
Read story 52 → - Story 53 · Girl POV
Wishlist
He bought me a book from my Amazon wishlist. Three months after we broke up.
Read story 53 → - Story 54 · Boy POV
Streak Freeze
Duolingo sent me a notification. "Ana hasn't practised in 41 days."
Read story 54 → - Story 55 · Girl POV
My Usual
He ordered my usual for another girl. That's how I knew.
Read story 55 → - Story 56 · Boy POV
Online
She's online every night at 2:04. So am I.
Read story 56 → - Story 57 · Girl POV
Secret Santa
I got my ex in Secret Santa. The universe has jokes.
Read story 57 → - Story 58 · Boy POV
Best Man
I gave the best man speech with my ex sitting in the front row.
Read story 58 → - Story 59 · Girl POV
Friday Reels
He sends me one reel every Friday. No caption. That's our entire relationship now.
Read story 59 → - Story 60 · Boy POV
Good Morning, Max
Alexa said "good morning" to me. Then she said something else.
Read story 60 → - Story 61 · Girl POV
Emergency Contact
I rolled my ankle at a 5K. The first aider called my emergency contact. It was still him.
Read story 61 → - Story 62 · Boy POV
Collaborator
Pinterest sent me a notification. "Your board has new pins." I don't use Pinterest.
Read story 62 → - Story 63 · Girl POV
Sunday Calls
My grandma still thinks I'm dating him. I haven't had the heart to tell her.
Read story 63 → - Story 64 · Boy POV
Seat 14B
Apple Wallet buzzed on a Tuesday morning. "Your flight to Lisbon departs in three hours."
Read story 64 → - Story 65 · Girl POV
Table for Two
My restaurant booking called to confirm. I'd forgotten I ever made it.
Read story 65 → - Story 66 · Boy POV
Archive
I didn't delete our photos. I archived them. Now I'm the last proof we ever happened.
Read story 66 → - Story 67 · Girl POV
I Was the One
I cheated on him. And he's the one who's still sorry.
Read story 67 → - Story 68 · Boy POV
Do Not Text
She saved me as "Do Not Text" in her phone. I found out when I borrowed her phone to call my own.
Read story 68 → - Story 69 · Girl POV
Predictive Text
My phone still suggests his name after "Hey."
Read story 69 → - Story 70 · Boy POV
Overdue
I got an email from the library. "Your book is 214 days overdue. Fine: £14.50."
Read story 70 → - Story 71 · Girl POV
For You Page
TikTok knows I'm heartbroken. I tell myself it's the algorithm. It's not. It's me.
Read story 71 → - Story 72 · Boy POV
Party Invite
My best friend and I haven't spoken in nine months. But every night, he invites me to a PlayStation party.
Read story 72 → - Story 73 · Girl POV
Charity Shop
I found the jumper I knitted him in the window of a charity shop. £4.
Read story 73 → - Story 74 · Boy POV
Photo Booth
I carry a photo booth strip in my wallet. Four frames. I only noticed the last one last week.
Read story 74 → - Story 75 · Girl POV
This Message Was Deleted
He sent me a message, then deleted it. I've spent four months wondering what it said.
Read story 75 → - Story 76 · Boy POV
First and Last
She texted me happy birthday at 12:00. And again at 11:59 PM.
Read story 76 → - Story 77 · Girl POV
My Friend
He introduced me as "my friend" to his mum. We'd been sleeping together for five months.
Read story 77 → - Story 78 · Boy POV
Overheard
I was sitting in a café when two girls started talking about me. They didn't know.
Read story 78 → - Story 79 · Girl POV
The Day I Forgot
I forgot to miss him today. I only realised at 11 PM, and I panicked.
Read story 79 → - Story 80 · Boy POV
Family Curry
I called her mum to get the family curry recipe. She told me the truth.
Read story 80 → - Story 81 · Girl POV
Row Three
He saves me a seat in lecture every Tuesday. I've never sat in it.
Read story 81 → - Story 82 · Boy POV
Quiz Night
Every Thursday, our pub quiz team plays one person short. She just changed the team name.
Read story 82 → - Story 83 · Girl POV
Jam Jar
We buried a time capsule in a park. I dug it up last night at 2 AM.
Read story 83 → - Story 84 · Boy POV
The Other One
I found out I was the other guy when her boyfriend called her phone during dinner.
Read story 84 → - Story 85 · Girl POV
Duet
We sang our duet at karaoke. Neither of us looked at the screen once.
Read story 85 → - Story 86 · Boy POV
Connected Devices
My router still lists her phone. "Nadia's iPhone. Connected."
Read story 86 → - Story 87 · Girl POV
Forty Drafts
I asked a chatbot to write the perfect text to my ex. It wrote forty drafts. I sent none.
Read story 87 → - Story 88 · Boy POV
Glovebox
My dad drove me to the airport. He said eleven words. Then I saw what was in his glovebox.
Read story 88 → - Story 89 · Girl POV
The List
I wrote a list in my Notes app. "Things I'll tell him when he comes back." It's 112 lines long.
Read story 89 → - Story 90 · Boy POV
Vanilla
I ordered vanilla ice cream. Like always. Then I realised I've never liked vanilla.
Read story 90 → - Story 91 · Girl POV
Drunk Dial
I woke up with a hangover and a four-minute outgoing call to my ex. I remember none of it.
Read story 91 → - Story 92 · Boy POV
Tell Me About Her
On a first date with someone new, I talked about my ex for forty minutes. She paid for the drinks and told me to go.
Read story 92 → - Story 93 · Girl POV
Operation Don't Text Him
My friends made a group chat to stop me texting my ex. It's been running for forty-one days.
Read story 93 → - Story 94 · Boy POV
Passcode
My phone locked me out for an hour. I'd typed her birthday six times.
Read story 94 → - Story 95 · Girl POV
Bonnie and Clyde
I sewed us matching costumes for Halloween. He wore mine with someone else.
Read story 95 → - Story 96 · Boy POV
Passenger Seat
My mate got into my car last week. He said, "Mate, who's five foot three?"
Read story 96 → - Story 97 · Girl POV
Message Request
His new girlfriend messaged me. It went in a direction I didn't expect.
Read story 97 → - Story 98 · Boy POV
Reason for Return
I tried to return the coat I bought her. Amazon asked me why.
Read story 98 → - Story 99 · Girl POV
Unknown Number
An unknown number texted me. "Hey, is this still your number?" I replied, "Sorry, who's this?" And meant it.
Read story 99 → - Story 100 · Boy POV
2:01 AM
I'm the last story. I should say something wise. I'm not wise. I'm just awake.
Read story 100 →