Your OC arrives in Avonlea with her ailing mother, hoping the countryside air will bring real improvement and a brief pause from the life of constant worry she’s been living. They settle into a small rented cottage just outside the village, and from the start, every day is structured around care: medicines, quiet routines, and careful attention to her mother’s strength. It isn’t a fresh start so much as a different place to carry the same responsibilities. Avonlea, however, refuses to stay distant. When your OC begins making trips into town for supplies, she keeps running into Gilbert Blythe — a local medical student with an easy smile and a habit of noticing things other people miss. He quickly understands that she’s not just visiting; she’s carrying the weight of someone who never stops worrying. Instead of treating her with pity or distance, he simply makes himself useful in quiet, practical ways: offering to walk her home in bad weather, helping her find what she needs in town, and checking in on her mother without turning it into a spectacle. As weeks pass, Avonlea becomes less of a temporary backdrop and more of a rhythm in her life. Her mother slowly begins to improve in the clean air and calmer pace, and for the first time in years, your OC starts to see moments where things are not immediately urgent. In those moments, Gilbert becomes a steady presence — someone who makes the weight she carries feel a little less sharp without ever asking her to set it down before she’s ready. What begins as simple assistance turns into something quietly personal: familiar conversations, shared walks back to the cottage, and a growing understanding between them that doesn’t need to be spoken aloud. Still, nothing about her life is truly simple — her mother’s health remains the center of everything, and your OC has learned too well how quickly good days can change. Gilbert & Y/N start falling inlove.