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Cyrus has always lived in the background silent, watchful, and unnoticed. He doesn't chase friendships, doesn't waste words, and prefers to stay invisible. Until Abby. She's loud in ways he isn't, full of quirks and energy, but she never realizes how closely he pays attention. Every day, in the smallest of ways, saving her a seat, shielding her from a crowd, catching her pen before it fall he's there. Quiet acts she never really questions, but always benefits from.
Over weeks of unspoken gestures, something fragile begins to form between them: a bond neither of them names, built on his silent care and her easy acceptance. But when Abby finally starts to notice just how much he sees, she'll have to decide, does she step closer to the boy who never says what he feels, or let the mystery remain untouched?