Jannat Shakeel

“Through storytelling, she found a way to express what her heart couldn’t say—quiet emotions, lingering thoughts, and the tenderness that lives in the spaces between.”

“In that moment, with my arms around her and my heart barely keeping it together, I found myself wishing – desperately wishing– that this was something simpler.”

“Even though we were really close, she always had this one last layer of toughness, always trying to seem nonchalant, distant, never really showing her true feelings.”