Our Seasons of Dawn
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She's been tired for as long as she can remember - tired of breathing, tired of pretending, tired of a world that never learned how to be kind. Living felt like punishment, and peace seemed like something only death could offer.
One night, as the city slept, she stood on the edge of a bridge - ready to end the noise inside her head. But before she could fall, someone appeared. A stranger with sleepy eyes, messy hair, and a smile that didn't seem to understand fear.
Since that night, she never stood on that bridge the same way again. Because the stranger never stopped showing up - every night, with warmth she didn't ask for and laughter she didn't think she needed.
"Why can't you just stop?" she sighed.
"Because you'd miss me if I did," came the reply.
And for the first time in her life, she wondered - maybe the world wasn't done giving her reasons to stay.
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