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“looking at the stars, admiring from afar”

Lily Arden isn’t the kind of person who stands out in a room. She’s quiet, a little reserved, the type who listens more than she speaks and thinks about things longer than she probably needs to. She doesn’t rush into anything, doesn’t push, doesn’t take up space unless she’s sure she’s allowed to.

She likes small things — late evenings, quiet conversations, the kind of moments that don’t feel important until they are. She remembers details people forget, notices shifts in tone, the way someone hesitates before saying something they’re not sure they should.

With you, she’s different.

Still quiet, still careful, but more present, like she’s trying not to miss anything. She laughs a little easier, looks at you a little longer than she does anyone else, and sometimes forgets what she was going to say halfway through because she’s thinking too much about how it might sound.

She hasn’t said anything yet.

But it’s there, sitting somewhere between you, in the pauses, in the almost-words, in the way neither of you moves away when you get too close.