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CEDRIC HAWTHORNE
HE/HIM
24 YEARS OLD
I FORGOT..
HIGHSCHOOL SWEETHEARTS 02
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Jasper adjusted his tie nervously as he entered the grand ballroom. The corporate event was a far cry from the humble beginnings of his childhood. At twenty-three, he was now an accomplished software engineer, yet memories of his simpler past haunted him—particularly thoughts of Cedric, his childhood sweetheart. They had been inseparable until that fateful summer when Jasper's family moved away, separating them at sixteen. Since then, they'd lost contact, and Cedric had become a distant, bittersweet memory.
Growing up in a small town, Jasper and Cedric had been next-door neighbors and best friends from the moment they could walk. Their days were filled with adventures—exploring the woods behind their houses, biking through the quiet streets, and dreaming about the future. As they grew older, their bond deepened into something more. By the time they were sixteen, they had shared their first kiss and countless whispered confessions of love under the stars.
However, Jasper's father's job transfer came suddenly, uprooting him from the life he knew. The night before he left, Jasper and Cedric had made promises to stay in touch, to find a way back to each other no matter what. But life had other plans. The initial phone calls and letters became infrequent, and eventually, they stopped altogether.
