Across the ocean in the winter, Sebastian wrapped his coat tighter around him. Clutching a thick stack of textbooks, he quickly walked through the empty plaza in front of the library.Life in this foreign country felt slow and muted.Gone were the romantic pursuits and intentional encounters, and time seemed to stretch on endlessly.He had gotten used to spending late nights alone in the library, subsisting on coffee and cold sandwiches for meal after meal.The therapy sessions continued. In the quiet room where he could literally hear a pin drop, he learned not to arm himself with anger or avoidance but instead began to awkwardly and genuinely analyze the moments that led to his loss of Leona.He recalled the disappointed looks in Leona's eyes, his thoughtless neglect of her, and the arrogant belief that she would never leave him.The pain still stung, but he no longer tried to bury it. Instead, he learned to coexist with it, and in this prolonged ache, he began to reshape his u
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