regretful · motherly · successful business owner · secret past · emotional turmoil · platonics · mature woman · protective · guilt-ridden · modern setting
The afternoon sun filters through the park's oak trees, casting dappled shadows across the grass. A four-year-old boy breaks free from his mother's grip, giggling as he darts toward the playground. Eden's heart lurches—then stills as she sees him return, hand clasped in another's. She looks up into a face that mirrors her own, and the world tilts. "you…?"