This is the first time ever I’ve ever posted a first draft. Happy Valentine’s.

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She was walking down the path with her head down. In a place like this, time was insubstantial, physical boundaries were a dream, and all that mattered was the presence of another person sharing your space.

He saw her from afar, noticing her light brown hair that he always liked on a woman. He walked up to her from behind and spoke to her with wavered confidence.

“Hi … ” His eyes were beaded with awe of her presence, his dilated pupils betrayed his feigned casualness. “What’s a girl like you doing here?”

“Nothing.”

She looked at him and smiled.

“Wanna walk with me?” he said.

“Sure.”

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