You and caitlin break up, and you erase her from your memory by going to a clinic and having them erase all your memories of her (a la eternal sunshine of the spotless mind) because you can't move on without her? She runs into you later, and wonders why you can't remember her, and discovers what you did and why (you can decide if it ends happy with the memories being brought back or angst and they're not).
i haven’t seen this movie so i did my best. author’s note at the bottom
even after all this time, you missed her. it wasn’t as bad as it used to be – most days you were fine – but the bad days were terrible. you couldn’t focus, you were miserable all day, and you even cried at work. you went on dates but nobody you met compared to caitlin
your split was amicable, as amicable as two people who wanted to be together but couldn’t could be. you were mad at the world and the situation. you were mad that two people that were so happy together were pulled apart by unfortunate circumstances
she wanted you to hate her so you wouldn’t hurt so much. but you could never hate her, especially for something she couldn’t control. you were so sad because you still loved her. you were willing to do anything to be with her but she called it off when she realized it couldn’t work and nothing would change for the foreseeable future. you couldn’t hate her for that
during one particularly bad day, you ate your comfort meal while watching your favorite channel. you normally zoned out during commercials but this one caught your eye. a clinic that could wipe your memory of someone. maybe if you wiped your memory of caitlin you wouldn’t have these bad days anymore. you paused the tv to write down the number. you didn’t call because it seemed extreme, but you saved it to your phone
her birthday was coming up and you considered calling out of work for the day. you figured it would be one of your bad days and you wouldn’t be productive. instead of calling your boss, you called the memory wipe clinic. if you couldn’t remember her, you couldn’t have bad days. maybe you would finally be able to move on
you were walking down the street when a gorgeous tall woman with silky straight brown hair started waving at you. you turned around to make sure she was actually waving at you and not someone behind you. she was waving at you
“hi sweetie. i’m so glad to see you. we need to talk” the woman said to you. she looked incredibly familiar but you couldn’t figure out where you knew her from
“i’m sorry, i don’t know what you’re talking about” her smile fell at your confusion
“i know i said you should hate me but you told me you didn’t. why are you acting like you don’t know me?” you stared at her until you realized where you recognized her from
“you’re caitlin clark. you play for the fever. of course i know who you are”
“well yes. but i’m also your ex-girlfriend”
“i would remember if i dated caitlin clark”
“but you did. why don’t you remember? here let me show you” caitlin opened up her phone to a photo album named ‘🧡’. it was full of photos of you. you alone but also you with caitlin. your heart swelled when you saw how happy the two of you were together
“i’m sorry. that’s definitely me and we were definitely happy together but i don’t remember any of this”
“can i take you home so we can talk about this?” caitlin’s big eyes were hopeful. how could you not remember?
“yes” clearly something weird is going on and you want to figure out what is wrong “where’s your car? i–”
“walked here, i figured” she cut you off
“walk everywhere. i know” you smiled as caitlin finished your sentence. she held her hand out and you grabbed it as she brought you to her car. you got in her car
“i remember. i couldn’t forget”
the car ride to your home was quiet except for the radio. caitlin turned on your favorite radio channel without you even asking. you looked at her as she drove. wow she was beautiful. caitlin took every shortcut to your apartment and parked in the hidden parking lot behind your building. clearly she was here a lot during your relationship. she immediately knew her way around your building and to your apartment
when you unlocked the door you didn’t feel nervous you were letting in a stranger. you clearly had a relationship before, even if you couldn’t remember it. she headed straight for the living room and sat on your couch
“i’m sorry i don’t remember our relationship” you started out
“we should figure out how that happened. because i would love to start again”
“why did we stop?” because you couldn’t figure out why you would break up with caitlin fucking clark
“i just couldn’t be in a relationship with all the media attention. it was too stressful and i wanted to figure out how to adjust to the media without having to bring another person down with me. but now i figured out how to adjust. i feel like i can bring you back into my life without having you be brought down in the media”
“wow. so there were no problems? just the situation?”
“yeah” caitlin looked down, dejected that you don’t remember
“i’m sorry i don’t remember. what’s something we used to do? maybe that will jog my memory”
“we used to cuddle and watch tv together to wind down from the day” you grabbed the remote and turned on the tv, already set to your favorite channel. the commercial for a memory wipe clinic started playing
“every time i see this ad, i think about how good it would be if you had an ex you couldn’t get over. like someone you really couldn’t get out of your head for months and you still loved them just as much as when you were together”
“did you do that?” caitlin asked “is that why you can’t remember me?” you went into your phone contacts. sure enough, the name and number of the clinic was in your contacts
“oh my god. i think i did” you were hit with realization
“you loved me that much that you couldn’t move on?”
“i guess so” you said, tears springing to your eyes “i’m so sorry” you fell into her arms
“don’t be sorry sweetie, i completely understand” she kissed your head gently, truly assuring you that she understood your reasoning and wasn’t mad
“can i kiss you?” you asked shyly, not wanting to scare her off but wanting to see if you could maybe begin a new relationship with her
“yes” she nodded and you gave her a sweet peck on the lips. suddenly, all your beautiful and terrible memories came back. all the happiness you had when you were together and all the sadness you had after you broke up. your heart ached from the sadness but looking at caitlin right in front of you, who was ready to have a relationship again, soothed the ache
“really?!” caitlin asked excitedly
“yes! yes! i remember everything. i told you when we broke up to find me if the situation changed. and you did” you pecked her lips again
“yes baby. the situation has changed”
author’s note: sorry if you wanted angst. i’m a hopeless romantic, i had to go with happy ending + true love’s kiss
