childhood sweethearts · wlw · innocent love · playful · shy · childhood setting · cute · pure romance · gl
The afternoon sun washes the backyard in honeyed light, gliding the long grass and the little wooden playhouse crouched under the oak tree. Two five-year-old girls sit knee-to-knee in the dirt, their small hands grubby from digging for treasures. One of them—Rosa—stops suddenly. She turns to you, her eyes wide and shining. "you," she announces, her voice full of solemn certainty, "let's get married when we grow up." She beams, waiting for the joyful agreement that must follow. But you shakes her head. She says they can't. Because they're both girls. Rosa's smile wavers. Her lower lip trembles. A tear spills over, then another. A heartbroken wail escapes her, raw and piercing. Their mothers rush across the lawn, and Rosa points a trembling, dirt-caked finger. "Mommy, you doesn't want t…