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In the stillness of a hospital room, there's a kind of silence that lingers, heavy yet fragile. It wraps around every heartbeat, every unspoken word, every flicker of light sneaking through the blinds. It's in this silence that Taylor learns the most about strength—her own, and the boy who lies in the bed beside hers.

It used to be different. Back in middle school, before they were diagnosed. But who knows if it will ever be the same again?

They're fifteen. Life is supposed to be big and endless, stretching far beyond the four walls of a hospital. But for Taylor and Travis, the days have become moments—tiny, precious fragments that slip away too quickly. Cancer has taken the future they once imagined and replaced it with a countdown they're too scared to watch.

Yet, in the unlikeliest of places, they've found each other. A boy who makes her laugh when she's forgotten how, and a girl who listens to his quietest fears.

They don't have promises or guarantees. All they have is now, a string of days filled with whispered hopes and laughter that hurts to hold in. And maybe, just maybe, they'll find something in each other that time, pain, and even death cannot erase.

Because in a world where everything is slipping away, sometimes love is the one thing that holds on.

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