Ending
Graduation day. The air hums with excitement, families cheering, friends celebrating, caps flying. Mia stands on stage, her diploma in hand, radiating pride and accomplishment. I watch, heart full, remembering how far we’ve come.
“This is it,” she whispers.
“No,” I reply. “It’s just the start.”
We walk off the stage, hand in hand, feeling the weight of months apart, the challenges we faced, and the victories we earned. The world feels vast, yet smaller somehow, because we’re together.
Later, away from the crowd, I pull her close. “Distance taught us patience. Life taught us growth. Love taught us that we always find our way back to each other.”
She smiles softly, eyes shining. “And we will continue to. Always.”
We watch the sunset, gold and warm across the horizon. Every mil
