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They grew up together. Every summer meant the Cotswolds, river water, fireflies, and three best friends who believed nothing could ever change. Y/N had always loved Curtis. She just loved him long before she knew what love was. Everyone thought they would grow up, fall in love, get married, and live happily ever after. Then Curtis grew up. Dating, university, and a life beyond their little trio slowly pulled him away. There was no betrayal, no goodbye—just two people who had once been inseparable becoming strangers without ever meaning to. Y/N left London for Edinburgh, determined to build a life that didn't revolve around him. Curtis went to Oxford, studied Law, and eventually realized that the girl he had always taken for granted had never been just his best friend. She had been home. Years later, Y/N has finally graduated and built a life of her own. Then she gets a job offer in London. The city she spent years avoiding. The city that still smells like Curtis. And sometimes, the person you spent your whole life trying to forget is the one person you were never truly finished with. Some love stories don't begin when you fall in love. Sometimes, they begin when you finally realize you already did.