The Weight of Her Eyes
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At St. Carlo, Giulia and Riley orbit each other like fire and flint-once close, now locked in a silence that cuts sharper than words. Every glance across the courtyard, every accidental brush of attention, is a reminder of what they were and what they ruined.
Giulia can spot Riley anywhere-by the restless twist of her curls around her finger, by the way the air seems to shift when she walks into a room. Riley feels it too, that pull, that ache, but neither will admit it. Their gazes harden when they meet, yet neither can stop looking.
Graduation looms, and with it the end of their sheltered world. The weight of unspoken things presses heavier with each passing day, as hate knots itself with longing, resentment with desire. To watch each other is unbearable; to look away is worse.
This is not a story of enemies or friends. It is a story of what lingers between-of the yearning that refuses to fade, and the quiet ruin of two girls who can't let go.
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