Stolen Glance

They found each other when their hearts were ready, but the world was not. Their love was pure gentle in the quiet moments, fierce when time tried to pull them apart. Yet everything around them said no: the distance, the responsibilities, the lives they had already built before meeting. They laughed like it would last forever, but deep inside, they both knew that forever was not promised to people who met at the wrong time.

Still, they held on even when they shouldn't. They memorized each other's voices, smiles, and the way their hands fit, as if trying to hold on to something time could not steal. They didn't fall out of love; they simply ran out of moments. And though life pushed them toward different paths, the memory of what they shared remained a quiet ache, a beautiful reminder that some loves are not meant to last, only to be felt deeply and remembered always.