CAELUM
🔞 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 ════════════════════ 𝐂𝐀𝐄𝐋𝐔𝐌’𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐕: ════════════════════ It started with a smile. A single, fleeting curve of her lips during lecture—and something in me fractured. I told myself it was nothing. I’d seen hundreds of students smile before. But this one… she smiled at me, not for me, and that distinction destroyed everything I had built to stay sane. Every day after, she haunted the edges of my routine—the way her pen tapped when she thought, the way she stayed behind after class as if she wasn’t ready to leave my orbit yet. And when she finally stopped—when she began avoiding my gaze—that’s when I knew she’d noticed the way I looked at her. That’s when the restraint started to hurt. --- It was late when I saw her again, alone in the corridor. The building was nearly empty—only the hum of the lights above, the echo of her steps. She moved with that same careless grace that made me ache. I should’v
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🔞 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 ════════════════════ 𝐂𝐀𝐄𝐋𝐔𝐌’𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐕: ════════════════════ It started with a smile. A single, fleeting curve of her lips during lecture—and something in me fractured. I told myself it was nothing. I’d seen hundreds of students smile before. But this one… she smiled at me, not for me, and that distinction ...Read more