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Posted in Romance on Feb 13, 2026

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Even with our distance

Joseph Peel

Weekly Contest #342

Lanie had always warned me she could never stay long. But as a kid in elementary school, I never fully understood what that meant for someone in a military family.She was just the new student, standing at the front of the class.“My name is Lanie; we just moved here.”At first, I thought she was shy: choosing the seat at the back, keeping her head down, speaking only when spoken to. But it wasn’t shyness; it was fear. Fear of getting attached. Fear of meeting anyone new, because she knew she’d end up leaving anyway. It was no wonder she pushed...

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