After the incident, Nancy started to feel off.

The sight of men made her queasy, and she struggled to maintain everyday social interactions.

She decided to take a break from her studies, but for reasons she couldn’t pinpoint, Mercer lingered in her thoughts.

Back then, his identity was a mystery to her.

She was aware of his kindness.

He had risked his own safety for hers, and what followed seemed out of their control.

Yet the pain had become her reality.

Nancy spent six months trying to heal, aiming for an ordinary life.

She threw herself into dating, but each boyfriend reminded her of Mercer in some way.

She was determined to prove she wasn’t scared of men, especially not Mercer.

convinced herself she

with her getting sick, and

a regular girl who could

and source

It hit her then.

didn’t need to prove anything through other

always

Mercer looked at her with a

not scared of

scared!” Nancy, summoning her bravery, looked up at

really like you,”

took her arm, pulled

heart raced, her mind resolved,

wanted to

kept telling herself that she

“Eww!”

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