First of all, thank you for reading it, @theinkwell.
At the beginning of the story, I tried to describe the dynamics among the trio and provide a bit of information about each of them. My aim was to highlight how the dark and depressive atmosphere that New York especially gives during the winter months, although not enough to spoil the group's cheer, was suddenly replaced by anxiety and panic with shocking news.
While Tim's problems with his wife align, I also wanted to emphasize that in reality, none of the issues they face are more important than losing each other. Since this story was an event I was also personally involved in, I thought I could express these feelings more clearly.
Honestly, I never thought I would receive such a beautiful review from the outside. Your comment beautifully captures the details while providing an extremely satisfying summary of the entire story. I thought that an idea about each character could be formed from a few things they said, instead of mutual dialogue. There will be stories I want to write involving dialogue, but length was an important criterion for this one. It's really hard to convey something like this in just over 1500 words. For that reason, I owe thanks to the Ink Well community. I feel like it was a great learning/writing experience for me.
Thank you again for reading and commenting.