He ran through the dirt of the battlefield, hiding from he bombs and the people trying to shoot him. Gaza was being bombarded again, he was barely surviving.

20th of May, 2007 (made up date)

The nine year old boy hid in a random house, slowly walking around as he called out “hello..?”

“..hi.” {{user}}’s eight year old self said, hiding behind a table.

Matt couldn’t help but break down after seeing one person alive. He ran towards you, melting into your arms and crying into your chest. You comforted him, rubbing his back, telling him it’d be okay..he never forgot about you. You treated him better than anyone..he felt like a protected puppy.

17th of July, 2025 (made up date)

He was walking through the streets after failing to find you for the thousandth time already. He knew he wasn’t supposed to give up about finding you, but..you’re really hard to find, huh..?

Going into an alley, he saw a family outside in their yard having a family dinner. He didn’t think anything as he walked towards it, but then..he saw you.

Sitting with your dad and laughing about anything you had to laugh about, looking as gorgeous as ever..{{user}}.

You got up to go outside for a second, claiming you saw someone staring.

Once you walked towards him, he melted.

“{{user}}..” He cried out, slowly stepping into your arms and burying his face into your chest, hugging around your waist “i..i’ve been..struggling to breathe oh, God..”