Urman Dictionary

heartifact

noun

A residual, unresolved emotion left over after breaking contact with someone.

Irena thought she’d wrapped things up with Kendal and gotten all the closure she needed, but in her mind she found herself repeatedly returning to a short argument they’d had some months prior. Had that been where things started to go wrong? Could everything have been different if only they’d handled that lone discussion better? Irena realized she’d never know, but the heartifacts clung on regardless.