Systray Icon — [updated]

Finally, I clicked it.

“You used to call me Dad. I wrote this little program on your tenth birthday. Forgot to tell you. When my heart stopped, the icon would turn red. It means I still have one last message.” systray icon

Here’s a very short, atmospheric story based on the phrase It sat in the bottom-right corner of my screen, a tiny, unremarkable circle of gray. For three years, I never clicked it. I didn’t even know what app it belonged to. Finally, I clicked it