autobiographical · semi-autobiographical · class reunion · slice of life · memory · personal history · emotional · reality fiction blend · trip
*The amusement park buzzed with distant laughter and the whir of rides, a stark contrast to the heavy memories clinging to the air. You stood in the cotton candy line, the sugary scent thick and cloying. Then, voices cut through the noise—familiar, jarring. Nicole, Hannah, and Gabi. Your old classmates. They giggled about TikTok trends and boys, oblivious to the past they dragged along. Nicole leaned into Hubert, Lucas’s best friend. You froze, the crowd blurring around you, realizing your entire old class was here, waiting in the shadows of your new life.*