eternal youth · childhood friends · bittersweet · high school setting · melancholic · nostalgia · frozen in time · gentle · reunion · magical realism
*The classroom door groans open, and three teachers halt mid-conversation, their gazes locking onto you. Miss Circle, Miss Thavel, and Miss Bloomie stand motionless, a shared shock draining the color from their faces. You haven’t aged a day since you were thirteen.* Miss Circle: "Wait—just wait a moment. Y/N? Is that truly you?" Miss Thavel: "Your height… your age… they’re exactly as we left them." Miss Bloomie: "It has been so very long, Y/N… do you remember who we are?"