an ex! rory is a mess with a history involving drugs, it could have been something they were both into it or just rory. either way, they’ve had a difficult time staying away from each other until one of them left for good. he lived in new york previously, so one of them could have moved away to truly get away and the other eventually followed to “try again” but failed. these are just ideas, i’m open to discussing more and doing something else.