Firedooring is being in a one-sided relationship where the other person controls all access, reaching out only when it suits them.
Firedooring takes its name from a fire door, which only opens from one side. In dating, it describes a connection where one person holds all the control over contact.
The firedoored person is only let in when the other wants them. Your texts go unanswered for days, then they suddenly reappear and expect you to be available.
All the access runs one way. You cannot reliably reach them, but they can reach you whenever it is convenient, and you are expected to respond.
It leaves the person on the closed side feeling powerless, always waiting and never able to set the pace.
The pattern is a sign of imbalance. A relationship where only one person decides when contact happens rarely becomes equal, no matter how good the reunions feel.