It was early spring when Ella wandered into the quiet forest glade, where the soft hush of nature wrapped around her like a lover’s whisper. The trees, still bare from winter’s embrace, stood tall like silent witnesses to time’s slow passage. She walked aimlessly, heart heavy with unanswered questions, until the path led her to a clearing — and there it was.
A white cottage with a steep thatched roof sat at the edge of a gentle slope, crowned with a whimsical turret like something from a forgotten fairytale. The sun pierced the treetops, casting a golden halo over the house, as if heaven itself had chosen to spotlight this hidden gem. Below it, a mirror-like pond lay still, perfectly reflecting the house and the surrounding trees, doubling the magic of the moment.
Ella stepped closer to the pond, her eyes tracing the curved stone edge and the little wooden structure nestled by the water — a birdhouse perhaps, or something older. A light breeze stirred the surface, and the reflection shimmered, as if the cottage was breathing, alive in two worlds at once: one real, one imagined.
She could almost see him there.
Thomas.
They had dreamed of a place like this once, years ago. When love was new, and the world felt wide and promising. Life had carried them down different paths, but in her heart, Ella had never truly let go. Now, standing there, with sunlight warming her face and the scent of damp earth in her lungs, she felt the past brushing gently against the present.
A figure appeared in the doorway of the cottage.
Her breath caught.
It couldn’t be—
But it was. Thomas. Older, quieter around the eyes, but still him. He stepped out, his gaze falling to the pond as though drawn by memory or fate. His eyes widened as he saw her reflection there, beside his.
“Ella?” he called softly, disbelieving.
She turned, meeting his gaze with a bittersweet smile. “You found the cottage,” she said.
He walked toward her slowly, as though afraid she might vanish like a dream. “Or maybe it found us,” he whispered.
And in that quiet glade, under the watchful trees and beside the mirrored water, two hearts long separated found their way home again — not by chance, but by the gentle, guiding hand of love remembered.
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