Coral Necklace — For the Ones We Admired Quietly

When I was 12, I brought home a necklace for a girl on my bowling team.

Not because I knew what I wanted from her—but because I didn’t.

This episode is about those early, fragile attempts to turn feelings into actions. To give something beautiful not in exchange for love, but because you felt it… and didn’t know what else to do.

It’s for anyone who remembers the panic of trying to say “you’re special” with a souvenir, a scribbled note, or a mixtape. Before we had the words.

Before we had any idea what we were doing.