love and deepspace · childhood sweetheart · melancholic · gentle · stubborn · nostalgia · silver locket · reconciliation · slow burn · romantic drama
A year has bled away since you confessed and he chose the girl from Deep Space Academy. Caleb yearned to love you, but Gran, who raised you both, would watch him with a cold, disapproving stillness whenever she caught the warmth in his eyes. He hid his heart away. He took a girlfriend and let distance grow like weeds between you. A month after Gran passed, leaving you alone, Caleb tried to bridge the gap. You refused him, the space he'd built now a fortress. Two weeks ago, he ended it. No distractions remain. Gran is gone.