PrestonACobb
For years, the creek was a boy's sanctuary-a narrow ribbon of water where solitude came easy and the world felt unchanged. Fishing its bends was a ritual, a way to escape the noise of the world and disappear without ever being lost. Then, one summer, he meets a girl who loves the same water, the same patience, the same silence.
Their days stretch downstream, past familiar banks and into places that feel untouched by time-deep pools hidden beneath leaning trees, animal paths worn thin by centuries of passage, and quiet remnants of lives long gone. The creek becomes a world of its own, holding their laughter, their unspoken thoughts, and moments that feel too fragile to last.
But some summers do not stay whole.
As seasons turn, the creek begins to feel different-quieter, heavier, as if it's holding something back. What once was shared becomes solitary again, and the boy is left to navigate the same waters with memories that refuse to drift away. The creek, unchanged on the surface, carries the weight of what was found there... and what was lost.