lunaxenchantment
☀️ Summer, 1962.
The world spun slower in those days-bare feet on hot pavement, jukeboxes humming in the distance, and Benny Rodriguez running faster than anyone else ever dared.
Clara Jameson left the neighborhood with scraped knees and a boyish grin at her back.
She came back with longer hair, taller shadows, and a heart that didn't beat quite the same.
Benny's still there-still golden in the sun, still faster than the wind-but he doesn't laugh the way he used to. And when he looks at her, it's like he's searching for something he's afraid to find.
They used to be everything to each other in that easy, untouchable way kids are. Now they're toeing the fragile line between what was and what might be-if either of them is brave enough to say it out loud.
In a summer of secrets, slow dances, and sidewalks that remember everything, Clara has to ask herself: What if the boy she's been chasing all these years is still running...but this time, away from her?