2 Works by infintebutterfly

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    Set in the quiet, in-between months after that first perfect summer, this story follows Belly and Conrad as they try to hold onto something that once felt effortless under the Cousins sun, but now has to survive distance, winter, and everything left unsaid.

    It begins in December, just months after they finally became them. The girl who always loved him, and the boy who finally let himself love her back. But summer is gone, replaced by cold mornings, late-night phone calls, and the kind of silence that feels heavier when you’re apart.

    Through snow-covered visits, holiday traditions, and stolen weekends that never feel long enough, they navigate first love outside of Cousins. The story weaves in the moments we saw, glances, almosts, everything that hurt, and fills in everything we didn’t: the texts they didn’t send, the fights they couldn’t avoid, the soft, ordinary intimacy of being together when no one else is watching.

    As spring comes, so do the cracks. Old patterns resurface, grief lingers in unexpected ways.

    And when summer returns, the place where it all began, they have to decide: are they still the same people who fell in love here… or have they already become something else?

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    20,226
    Chapters:
    5/?
    Comments:
    4
    Kudos:
    44
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    2,274
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    After returning from Paris, Belly finally moves into Conrad’s quiet California apartment—where mornings feel slower, nights feel warmer, and loving each other no longer hurts.
    Now, for the first time, they get to just be: cooking together, studying together, fighting over blankets and grocery lists, learning how to build a life without running from it.
    With Jeremiah finding his own peace and becoming part of their story again, Belly and Conrad discover that love can grow gently, steadily, and without fear.
    From moving in, to getting married, to the moment they realize they’re no longer just two but growing into a family, this is their softest season yet.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    266,640
    Chapters:
    79/?
    Comments:
    143
    Kudos:
    1,496
    Bookmarks:
    82
    Hits:
    73,130

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