After Daniel

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Because sometimes the second chapter is the one worth living for.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I thought my story ended the day Daniel died.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The world didn't just lose its color-it lost its meaning. Every sunrise felt like a mistake every breath an obligation.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Then I met him.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Mack is nothing like the man I loved. He's rough edges and sharp lines all muscle and mischief with a past that should warn me away. But there's something in his eyes-something raw and unspoken-that calls to the pieces of me I thought were gone for good.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He doesn't try to fix me. He doesn't tell me to move on. He just stands there solid and stubborn until I start to believe maybe I could let go of the past.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But loving again after loss isn't simple. The grief is still there waiting for the dark days. And Mack has his own ghosts... ones that could rip us apart before we even begin.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>If I give my heart to him am I honoring what I lost-or risking everything I have left?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Trigger Warnings:</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>- Miscarriage (happens off page in the past)</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>- Loss of a loved one</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>- Grief panic anxiety</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>- Hospital scenes</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>- References to domestic abuse (nothing on the page)</span></p><p></p>