Naracaffeen_
FADING SHADOWS
1st story
By Naracaffeen
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In the glowing city where the lights never sleep, Hana never expected her life to change with a single glance. And then-
him.
A man sitting alone by the alley. Tattered hoodie. Downcast eyes.
But something about him felt... wrong. Not the kind of wrong that sends you running.
The kind that pulls you in.
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"Why are you here every night?" she asked.
"Because hope lives where no one looks for it," he replied.
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He returned her lost phone. Then disappeared.
Only to appear again-watching from afar.
With eyes that knew too much.
And a silence that said everything.
He wasn't homeless.
He wasn't poor.
He wasn't supposed to fall in love.
But hearts don't follow rules.
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"If I hold out my hand," she whispered, "will you take it?"
"I would," he said, voice breaking, "if the world allowed me to."
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