Constellations

"Why are you here?"

"Why aren't you letting me in?"

"Can't you see? You're wasting your time."

"The same way you waste yours doubting yourself? You have galaxies inside your head. Stop letting people tell you you cannot shine."

In which the way leaves fall from trees, he falls for. her: slowly and all at once.

(Short story for the Lenovo Back To School Contest)