The Cold Flame

There was a sound to silence.
And sometimes, the greatest clashes unfolded without a single word spoken.

Hazel was a girl who had built thick walls between herself and the world quiet, yet deeply feeling. She grew up in the shadow of her father, in an absence that surrounded her, inside her own small universe. She hadn't forgotten how to smile, but she never showed it to anyone.

Miles...

He was a man who never took life seriously, cloaking his wounded soul even in his curses. But his eyes, his gaze, and the silent screams they carried told a different story.

They had never spoken. Not until a glance, a silence, and a chance encounter quietly crashed their worlds together.

This wasn't just a love story.

It was a collision of two souls silent, unforgettable, leaving marks without causing wounds.

Some people grow up quietly; storms rage inside them, yet not a single breeze escapes.