too soft for his world

"Aurora Hale" lived quietly, between pages of half-finished sketches and the soft hum of her mother's voice in the mornings. She wasn't invisible, not exactly just the kind of girl the world forgot to look at twice.

Then came "Liam Carter". Loud where she was quiet, sunlight where she was shadow. He noticed her once, and somehow, that was enough to change everything.

A project brings them closer library afternoons, stolen glances, words that mean more than they should. But when attention turns into affection, and affection begins to blur into something real, Aurora starts to wonder if she's falling for a boy who was never meant to stay.

Because sometimes, love doesn't arrive with a warning.
Sometimes, it begins at a window seat
and ends in the silence between what was said and what should've been.