The Spaces We Keep

Linked Series #2

Some people are admired from a distance, not because they ask to be, but because the world decided they should be. Silvina Ione Vergara learned early how to live with that attention.

She is elegance without effort, the kind of girl everyone watches and quietly compares themselves to. Untouchable. Unshaken. Or so it seems.

Everything begins to tilt during an outreach program she almost didn't attend.

That's where she meets Soren Jaime Rivera.

Soren isn't impressive at first glance. He keeps to himself, says little, and seems content watching things unfold from the side. He doesn't offer compliments or try to charm anyone. And maybe that's why she notices him... because he never looks at her like she's something he's trying to win.

What starts as curiosity slowly becomes something heavier, something Silvina never planned for.

His eyes were already searching for someone else.

Sometimes, it's the spaces we keep that end up meaning the most.

Started: July 10, 2025
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