The Day a Character Walked In and Changed Everything
You plan some characters.
You map them out. You give them a name, a backstory, and a plot point.
And a few characters simply appear.
I didn't realize how memorable he would be. I had no intention of making him that way. I had a feeling the story needed someone, perhaps a guide. A mirror. A voice that had the ability to see things that others did not.
What did I get in the end?
Someone I didn’t expect to love so deeply.
I will not reveal any spoilers here. I won't reveal his identity, his function, or the extent to which he alters the plot.
He is simultaneously gentle and piercing. He has this way of cutting straight to the truth—not because he’s cold, but because he’s warm enough to contain it. He’s funny in a way that disarms you. He says things that sound simple… until they stay with you for days.
And in some way, he turned into the focal point of an emotional tale that I believed I already knew.
I had no intention of falling for him. However, I did. Slowly, then all at once.
The kind of love that astonishes you with its gentleness and presence rather than its loud declarations.
And now, whenever I revisit his scenes, I sense it once more. A click of something good. Something real.
Writers talk a lot about "creating" characters. But sometimes?
They find you.
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