When Ethan hugged me, something inside me cracked.Not shattered. Not healed. Just… cracked.Like a wall I’d built too high, too thick, and suddenly there’s a fissure running through it. Small, but deep enough to let the light in.And I don’t know whether to be relieved or terrified.For days—weeks, really—I’ve told myself I wouldn’t let him back in. That I was stronger now, stronger without him, and that letting him in again would only mean setting myself up to be abandoned twice.But the truth is, no matter how many walls I built, no matter how sharp my words were, a part of me still wanted that hug.Still wanted to feel like his sister again.And when he wrapped his arms around me and whispered that stupid nickname, “Firefly,” I couldn’t hold it together.I cried.God, I cried harder than I wanted to.And I hated that I did. Because crying meant I still cared. Crying meant I hadn’t cut him out completely, no matter how much I told myself I had.Now he’s sitting beside me, not talki
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