Love doesn’t always leave cleanly. Sometimes it lingers — in memory, in muscle, in that damn song the algorithm still serves you. Elixir is a story about the kind of heartbreak that never fully drains from the bloodstream.

A crush is a spark you can’t control — equal parts joy, ache, and obsession. This post explores how attraction hijacks the senses, why it feels just as intoxicating in adulthood as in adolescence, and what our longing reveals about us as much as the person we desire.