title:epheralwhispers
chapter1:enterattheffeeshop
thearoaoffreshlybrewedffeeihthefaiofaonaseilysataloherfavoriteertabletheatlittleffeeshoplostherownthoughts,shewaspletelyobliviototheworldarouiftvoiterruptedherreverie
"exce,isthisseattaken?"
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"n-no,it''''snottaken,"shestared,sturgtotheeptychairoppositeher
ashesettledtotheseat,theireyest,andthatont,itfeltasiftistoodstilleilyfoundherselfdrawntothisysteriostranr,hispresencesparkgacuriosityshehadn''''tfeltyears
theybegantotalk,shargstorieftheirlives,dreas,andaspirationswitheachpassgont,eilyfeltherselfopenguptohiawaysheneverhadwithanyoneelseiasasiftheyhadknowneachotherforalifeti,yettheyhadonlyjtt
chapter2:adanderthestars
asweeksturoonths,eilyaranr–whosenashelearnedwasdaniel–grewclosertheyspenttlesshether,explthecity,trygnewfoods,andughguntiltheirsidesached
oneeveng,astheystrolledthroughthepark,eilyuldn''''thelpbutnoticetheihestarsabovethewithoutaword,daookherhandandledhertoaclearg,wheretheydanderthevelvetsky,theworldaroundthefadgtothebackground
thatont,eilyrealizedshehadfallenihdawasalovedeepandprofound,shewonderedhowshehadeverlivedwithoutitandastheyheldeachotherclose,swaygtotherhythoftheirowbeat,shekhiswaswhereshewasantto