Shattered Starlight

For four years, the boy you once knew was nothing but a fading ember in your memory, a ghost lost to the flames. You spent those years chasing shadows, reaching for someone who never reached back. But when Caleb returns, no longer the boy from your childhood but a man carved from steel and longing, the walls you've built begin to crack.

His voice still holds that teasing lilt, the same one that used to pull laughter from your lips but now it lingers, curling around your name like a whispered promise. His touch is careful, patient....yet never quite leaves you.

You try to tell yourself it's just the warmth of old friendship reigniting. But then you catch him watching his eyes like fractured amethyst, dark with something he's never let you see before.

He waits. He hovers. He gives you every chance to pull away...

But what happens when you don't?

Zayne might finally notice you now and might reach out with the regret that comes too late.

But Caleb has always been there waiting, watching , ready to break down every wall until you're his.