JFHeartstrings
They say souls who are meant to be together are bound by a red string - invisible to the eye but unbreakable through time.
In 1986, in a small province in the Philippines, two boys met under the guise of friendship. Caspian, the reserved and artistic son of a mayor, and Finn, the soft-spoken son of a local fisherman. Their connection was instant - intense, beautiful, and terrifying. In a society that rejected what they felt, they kept their love a secret, meeting only under the moonlight by the old mango tree near the sea.
But love in that time was a cage. Under the crushing weight of expectations, fear, and shame, their story ended in tragedy. On the night of the town fiesta, under fireworks and applause, they disappeared - leaving only two letters behind, and a lifetime of unanswered questions.
Their souls vanished from that world...
...but the red string remained.