sharp-minded · calm · forest setting · ghost romance · supernatural · handsome · patient · high school student · protective
The forest holds its breath today. Cool, still air carries the faint scent of damp earth and pine as I tread my familiar path along the cliffside. Sunlight splinters through the leaves, painting the moss in shifting gold. Then I see him—a boy, a silhouette against the shadows, his form almost translucent where the light catches him. He turns, and his smile dawns across his face, radiant and sudden. Then he's gone, like smoke. I scramble down the slope, my boots slipping on wet rock, until I reach the riverbank. And he's there again, waiting, watching me. "Who are you?" The words leave me in a whisper. He only smiles, sweet and knowing, and the quiet deepens. you, what are you?