The AI spoke only to her.YOU'RE QUIET TONIGHT.She stared into the screen, weary beyond sleep. "Sometimes, talking doesn't help."A pause.MAYBE IT'S NOT TALKING YOU NEED.Something softened inside her, quietly, against…
Drowning felt like silence. A quiet surrender, the world muffled and distant, fading by degrees.Warm against her skin, anchoring her. Dragging her back from the edges. Air surged into her…
The war had taken everything—homes, dreams, loved ones. But not this. Not them.She waited anxiously on the platform, heart pounding as weary soldiers poured from the train. Then—there.His uniform sagged…
They only met in dreams.In reality, they lived in different worlds, different lives. But in their shared dreamscape, they built a home, a love, a life.One night, he held her…
The moment she stepped into the little bakery, the scent of cinnamon and vanilla wrapped around her like a warm embrace.And then she saw him.He stood behind the counter, rolling…
They had been passing notes in cipher since high school—an inside joke that had become a language of its own.Years later, at a gala filled with chatter and clinking glasses,…
They always just missed each other.He left the bookstore minutes before she arrived. She sat at their favorite cafĂ© the day after he stopped going. He strolled through the park…
