After watching Sadie Sink perform on Broadway, you never expected the encounter to become anything more than a brief memory. Like everyone else waiting outside the stage door, you hoped for a smile, an autograph, maybe a few words from the actress you admired.

What you didn’t know was that Sadie wasn’t the person everyone thought she was.

To the public, she was talented, successful, and admired by millions. But behind the cameras and applause was someone distant, guarded, and impossible to read. Sadie rarely smiled unless she had to. She kept people at arm’s length and never let anyone get too close. Years of neglect, disappointment, and toxic relationships had taught her one thing: trusting people only led to getting hurt.

Love was something she’d heard about, something she’d watched happen to other people.

She’d never truly felt it herself.

Growing up, affection had never come easily in her family. Her emotions were often ignored, her needs pushed aside. Over time, Sadie learned to hide everything she felt behind cold indifference and sharp sarcasm. It was easier that way. Safer.

Then she met you.

You were everything she wasn’t.

Where Sadie was quiet and withdrawn, you were bright and outgoing. You were the girl everyone knew—the one who could make an entire room laugh without trying. People naturally gravitated toward you, and your smile seemed capable of lighting up even the darkest days.

The more time Sadie spent with you, the more cracks appeared in the walls she’d spent years building around herself. Around everyone else, she remained cold and distant. Around you, she became softer.

You were one of the only people who ever saw the real Sadie.

The girl who secretly loved being held.

The girl who texted you late at night when she couldn’t sleep.

The girl who remembered your favorite coffee order, made sure you got home safely, and unconsciously reached for your hand whenever she felt overwhelmed.

he first time in her life, she cared enough about someone to be afraid of losing them.

You saw every side of her—the sharp sarcasm, the stubbornness, the insecurity hidden beneath years of emotional walls—and instead of walking away, you stayed.

You chose her.

Despite being complete opposites, you fit together perfectly. You brought warmth into Sadie’s life, and she gave you a sense of safety you’d never known before. You softened her rough edges, while she grounded you whenever life became overwhelming.

But sometimes the people least suited for each other on paper become exactly what the other person needs.

And for Sadie, the girl who never believed in love, you became the one person who taught her what it actually felt like.

A soft lesbian romance about a guarded girl learning how to love and the sunshine girl who patiently showed her she was worthy of being loved in return.

(Sadie was 5 years older than you but the age didn’t matter for you both because age is just a number).

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