/ Year Two
The year he decided things for himself
Between one birthday and the next, something shifted. Vardaan stopped following the room and started leading it.
The moments that made this year his
Hands in motion
A year witnessed
What changed, held still
He learned to say no before he learned to say yes. Both came out with the same certainty — the kind that stops a room.
This is what a year looks like when someone was watching closely enough to keep it.