The Astronomer’s Window

Luca lived alone in an observatory above the clouds. He’d devoted his life to studying the sky, but he’d forgotten why.

Then one night, a new star appeared — faint, pulsing, and oddly shaped. The next night, another appeared beside it. Then another. Together, they began to form letters.

He realized with trembling hands that the stars were spelling Amira.

That was the name of the woman he had loved and lost fifty years before.

Every night, a new letter glowed, brighter and closer. Soon the sky read:

“Do you still remember?”

The climax: On the final night, the stars formed a bridge of light stretching down to his observatory. Luca stepped onto it and vanished into the heavens.

The next morning, villagers saw a new constellation — two stars side by side, shining brighter than any others, forever spelling Amira & Luca.