Submerged in you

She's the kind of girl who walks into a room and makes it feel lighter without even trying-bright, talkative, a little chaotic, and always laughing a second too loud. People call her "too much," but she wears it like a badge. Underneath all that cheerfulness, though, she notices more than she lets on-especially him.

He's the opposite. Quiet, distant, always standing just a little outside everything. The kind of guy who shrugs off compliments because he genuinely doesn't believe them. In his mind, he's not worth much-just someone passing through life unnoticed. He doesn't expect anyone to stay.

But she does.

Their story isn't instant. It's slow-small conversations, accidental smiles, moments that linger longer than they should. She pulls him out of his shell bit by bit, and he teaches her that not everything has to be loud to be real. It's a slow burn, the kind that builds quietly until it's impossible to ignore.

And just when things start to shift between them, someone else steps in-complicating everything. A third presence that brings tension, jealousy, and choices neither of them are ready to face.

Because sometimes, the hardest part isn't falling for someone-
it's believing you deserve them in the first place.