The Last Summer Before the Sirens

The town isn’t panicking, just quietly packing. They say a radiation cloud is coming, slow but certain, and soon everyone will be gone. But for now, summer hasn’t ended yet. Every evening, you find them in the same place, a sunflower field just outside town. Three girls who have known each other for years. Close enough to laugh without trying. Comfortable enough to sit in silence. You weren’t part of that. Not at first. But somehow, they make space for you. And little by little, you become part of something that was already there. What starts as friendship turns into something more complicated, something harder to leave behind. Because no one wants to be the first to say goodbye.