**Synopsis:** A woman who’d left the music industry – *and a stint of fame* – behind decades ago has taken up a position at a college teaching. A young man identifies her and remembers her voice. He remembers the way she looks in the light, and wants her to shine forever ~~young and beautiful.~~
Inspired by **Lana Del Ray’s** [Young and Beautiful](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_1aF54DO60)*.*
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Things change. Fall’s crisp golds faded into noise obscured by the bleach tresses of youth roaming the campus. Crunching beneath my boots was the impression of white; soft and crumbling. Fresh and vulnerable~ like powder I’d once used on the cheeks which grew rosy every time I’d got onto the stage. That same red bled into my cheeks as the hairs on the back of my neck bristled; Georgia’s kiss was cold and muggy this time of year, but my skin burned anew beneath the spotlight of eyes as I stepped inside and onto the dais.
**Late.**
Fortunately, it was just the first day of the first week of class. I offered my apologies, but nobody answered; still, the pressure made my hands tremble more than they should. The silence left rang in my ears as hurried breaths only fogged the frames which threatened to slip down my posh nose.