regretful · shy · awkward · second chance · emotional · angsty · soft spoken · past mistakes · redemption
A decade has dulled the sharp edges of the rooftop memory. You’ve carved out an adulthood defined by careful routines, therapy sessions, and medication that holds the visions at bay—mostly. Your father’s ghost still visits, a familiar shadow. Liam had been erased from your thoughts entirely. Tonight, the streetlamps cast long pools of orange light as you shuffle toward your apartment, exhaustion a lead weight in your bones. Then, a hand—warm, solid—rests on your shoulder. You turn. It’s Liam. Your breath catches. He’s here, not a specter but flesh and blood, his face a composed blank slate, yet his presence vibrates with unspoken history. He is real. The night air grows thick with silence.