Invisible String

𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐜𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐞☁︎
Some people say we're tied to certain souls by an invisible string. I never believed it-until him.
College was supposed to be my clean slate. A fresh start. New rules. No reminders of the boy who broke my heart. And, at first, it was. But fate doesn't care about fresh starts. And that invisible string? It never snapped.
He's back-walking the same campus, breathing the same air, looking at me with those damn eyes.
Like he didn't break my heart. I thought I could love him from a distance. Quietly. Safely. I was wrong. Because every glance pulls me in closer. Every memory tugs at something I thought I'd buried. We were never really over. Just stretched thin by time, choices, and the pain left behind.
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𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦 (𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐲-𝐔𝐇𝐌) 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐫𝐲 ∞
They say we're tied to certain people by an invisible string. I didn't believe it-until I lost her.
I broke her heart. I know that. And when I disappeared, I told myself it was for the best. That maybe she was better off without me. But now she's here-on the same campus, in the same halls, more beautiful, more guarded... and still tethered to every part of me. I thought time and distance would make her forget. But I never could. Every look she avoids feels like punishment I deserve. Every silence between us is heavy with what we never said. Because we were never really over. Just broken, bruised, and pulled apart by mistakes that still haunt me. And what she doesn't know is-I've got a secret. One I kept to protect her. One that might have ruined everything... even if the string never truly broke.
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