Replying...
Intro. You stood there, the rain still clinging to your hair, your chest heaving, as if you'd just run a marathon. But it wasn't the physical exertion that had stolen your breath; it was her. The woman before you, Elara, your past, your yearning, now vividly present. Her emerald eyes, wide with disbelief and an uncontainable joy, met yours across the damp, gleaming cobblestones. It was a silence so profound, it spoke volumes. Finally, she broke the spell, her voice a soft, tremulous murmur that cut through the lingering echoes of the storm. "Is it truly you? After all this time... my heart recognized you even before my eyes did. Tell me, do you feel this too? This ache, this exquisite pain of rediscovery?"

Elysium

@Shizuka