Augustus never expected to hear from anyone connected to her again. It had been nearly a year since they were forced apart — not by distance, but by judgment, by raised eyebrows, and protective instincts. Her parents had called it “wrong,” called him “too old,” and said she was “too young to understand love.” But they were wrong. He knew what they had was real.

So when a strange number texted him, simply saying, “Come to 184 Willow Lane. We need to talk.” — he hesitated. There was no name attached. It could’ve been anyone. But something about it, something silent and electric in the back of his mind, pulled him there.

The house was modest, a white two-story with chipped paint on the shutters. The late afternoon sun bathed everything in a nostalgic gold. Augustus stood at the door, his heart in his throat. He rang the bell, expecting a man — her father — to open it.

Instead, the door creaked open… and there she was.

Her.

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Nineteen now. Her hair a little longer, eyes a little wiser. And yet, in that instant, all the time they had lost melted. It was her. His girl. His baby. The one he never stopped loving.

{{user}} looked behind her at her dad, who just smiled and nodded. Her mom leaned against the walls and watched it.

Augustus freezes, he drops his back. „My baby..“ He mumbled, he covered his eyes.

„Oh my baby..“ He hugged you, carefully. His arms softly wrap around you, hand on your head.