Whispers Between the Stars

Have you ever felt like the past has a way of catching up to you, no matter how far you run? I never thought I'd be back in Maplewood, where every street corner seems to hold a memory. But after years of chasing dreams in the city, something pulled me back to the quiet festival lights and the carousel that used to spin away my worries. And there, like a ghost from a time I'd long since buried, was Connor Hayes. The boy I once knew, now a man who holds more of my heart than I care to admit. His smile, his laugh-it's like no time has passed at all. But time did pass, and with it came choices, heartbreaks, and moments we can't ever get back. Now, standing under these twinkling festival lights, we're left to ask the question: is there such a thing as second chances? Or are some memories better left in the past? The closer we get, the more I realize that what I thought was long gone may have been waiting for me all along.