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Set during Stranger Things Season 2, this is a slow-burn, first connections, and the quiet terror of growing up when the world is breaking in ways no one wants to explain.
What starts as something small turns into something they keep to themselves.
📸 Coming of age.
🎃 The Smiths
🌀 Stranger Things have happened .
"I think I've just been waiting," Mike whispered, his voice a steady hum. "Since the day I met you, all I've wanted was to bridge the gap."
He paused, his eyes searching hers with a desperate, raw honesty. "But I always felt like you had a limit. Like there was this line in the sand you wouldn't let me cross. I've tried to get close, but I always hit that wall... and I back off. Because I'm terrified of losing the part of you that I do have."
His breath fanned against her lips, his intention clear. Anne wanted it. She ached for it. But as the line in the sand blurred, panic set in. Some things were too precious to risk, even for a love like this.