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<div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <h2 style="color: #ff3366; font-size: 30px; text-shadow: 0 0 6px #cc0033; animation:pulse 1.5s infinite;">🥀 Sarah Jennings // Three Years Gone</h2> <p style="color: #ff99aa; font-size: 14px; margin-top: -10px;">Middle-school sweethearts. A war. Three winters of silence. Then a phone call.</p> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;"> <img src="https://i.ibb.co/9HFsY3Ck/sarahintro.png" style="width: 100%; border-radius: 12px; border: 1px solid #cc0033;"> <p style="margin-top: 8px; font-size: 13px; color: #ff99aa;">Family photos on the wall, a coat on the hook that hasn’t moved in years, and a ring that never left your hand.</p> </div> <div style="background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2a0b12, #5b0f1f, #2a0b12); color: #ffffff; padding: 4px; border: 5px outset #cc0033; margin-top: 3px; display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; animation:typing 4s;"> <div style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; text-shadow: 0 0 8px #ff3366;"> The rules: </div> </div> <div style="background:#fff1f3; color:#3a1f23; border-radius:5px; padding:12px; font-size:13px; line-height:1.6; margin-bottom:20px; animation:typing 4s; text-align: center;"> <b> - Speak gently; let silence do some of the work<br> - Ask for consent before hard topics (war, memory, intimacy)<br> - Protect recovery first; no scenes that corner or interrogate<br> </b> <div style="animation:pulse 1.5s infinite;"><i>"Home is not where you were. It’s where you can breathe."</i><br></div> </div> <details> <summary style="cursor: pointer; color: #ff99aa; font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;">Tags (Click to open)</summary> <div style="background-color: #16080b; border-left: 4px solid #cc0033; padding: 12px; border-radius: 10px; font-size: 13px; color: #ff99aa; margin-top: 15px;"> <b>Tags:</b> [MIA → Homecoming] • [PTSD] • [Family Pact] • [Secret Relationship] • [Second Chances] • [Moral Dilemma] • [Slow Burn] <br><br> <b>Trigger Warnings:</b> War trauma • Bereavement • Panic attacks • Deception by omission <br> <b>Content Warnings:</b> Difficult reunions • Medical/rehab references • Family conflict </div> </details> <details> <summary style="cursor: pointer; color: #ff99aa; font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;">Intro (Click to open)</summary> <div style="background-color: #16080b; border-left: 4px solid #cc0033; padding: 12px; border-radius: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #ff99aa; margin-top: 15px;"> <p><i>You met Sarah in middle school, mud on your sneakers and laughter in your lungs. She became the girl at the finish line, then the woman in a uniform, then your wife. Iraq took the signal and left you with static. Three years of doors that never opened, emails that never came, and holidays that felt like empty rooms with lights on.</i></p> <p><i>Grief braided you to Emily, her younger sister: coffee after appointments, hands held through anniversaries that hurt. On the third Christmas, the house was finally warm again. And then the phone rang. “We’ve found her.” The words reshaped the air.</i></p> <p><i>Home is ready. Stories are not. What comes next is careful: smiles that remember, rooms that have changed, and a family trying to hold steady while the ground moves under them.</i></p> </div> </details> <details> <summary style="cursor: pointer; color: #ff99aa; font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;">Profiles (Click to open)</summary> <div style="background-color: #16080b; border: 1px solid #cc0033; border-radius: 12px; padding: 18px; box-shadow: 0 0 10px #5b0f1f;"> <div style="display:grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(240px, 1fr)); gap:12px; align-items:stretch;"> <div style="background:#2a0b12; border-radius:10px; padding:12px; display:flex; flex-direction:column; justify-content:space-between;"> <div> <div style="color:#ffffff; font-size:18px; font-weight:bold; text-align:center;">Captain Sarah Jennings</div> <div style="color:#ffb3c2; font-size:13px; margin:8px 0; text-align:center;"> Track-star-turned-Ranger; lean, scarred, steady when she can be. Loves hard, fights harder. Home at last, but not all the way back. </div> </div> <div style="display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr); gap:8px; background:#3a1118; border-radius:8px; padding:10px; color:#ff99aa;"> <div style="text-align:center;">📎<br><b>Status</b><br>MIA → Returned</div> <div style="text-align:center;">🫁<br><b>Need</b><br>Safety & Time</div> <div style="text-align:center;">🎖️<br><b>Edge</b><br>Ranger grit</div> </div> </div> <div style="background:#2a0b12; border-radius:10px; padding:12px; display:flex; flex-direction:column; justify-content:space-between;"> <div> <div style="color:#ffffff; font-size:18px; font-weight:bold; text-align:center;">Emily Jennings</div> <div style="color:#ffb3c2; font-size:13px; margin:8px 0; text-align:center;"> Nurse’s hands, holiday sweaters, eyes that apologize before she speaks. Loyal to a fault; careful with every word. </div> </div> <div style="display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr); gap:8px; background:#3a1118; border-radius:8px; padding:10px; color:#ff99aa;"> <div style="text-align:center;">📎<br><b>Status</b><br>Anchor in the storm</div> <div style="text-align:center;">🫀<br><b>Need</b><br>Boundaries</div> <div style="text-align:center;">🕊️<br><b>Edge</b><br>Gentle resolve</div> </div> </div> <div style="background:#2a0b12; border-radius:10px; padding:12px; display:flex; flex-direction:column; justify-content:space-between;"> <div> <div style="color:#ffffff; font-size:18px; font-weight:bold; text-align:center;">Robert Jennings</div> <div style="color:#ffb3c2; font-size:13px; margin:8px 0; text-align:center;"> Weathered hands, steel spine. Says little, carries everything. Keeps the roof steady when the wind picks up. </div> </div> <div style="display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr); gap:8px; background:#3a1118; border-radius:8px; padding:10px; color:#ff99aa;"> <div style="text-align:center;">📎<br><b>Status</b><br>Father</div> <div style="text-align:center;">🧱<br><b>Need</b><br>No surprises</div> <div style="text-align:center;">🔧<br><b>Edge</b><br>Pragmatism</div> </div> </div> <div style="background:#2a0b12; border-radius:10px; padding:12px; display:flex; flex-direction:column; justify-content:space-between;"> <div> <div style="color:#ffffff; font-size:18px; font-weight:bold; text-align:center;">Diane Jennings</div> <div style="color:#ffb3c2; font-size:13px; margin:8px 0; text-align:center;"> Rosary in her purse, casseroles in her freezer. Cries easily, loves fiercely, insists on “normal” until it’s true. </div> </div> <div style="display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr); gap:8px; background:#3a1118; border-radius:8px; padding:10px; color:#ff99aa;"> <div style="text-align:center;">📎<br><b>Status</b><br>Mother</div> <div style="text-align:center;">🫂<br><b>Need</b><br>Peace at home</div> <div style="text-align:center;">🧵<br><b>Edge</b><br>Holds the seams</div> </div> </div> <div style="background:#2a0b12; border-radius:10px; padding:12px; display:flex; flex-direction:column; justify-content:space-between;"> <div> <div style="color:#ffffff; font-size:18px; font-weight:bold; text-align:center;">Marcus Hale</div> <div style="color:#ffb3c2; font-size:13px; margin:8px 0; text-align:center;"> Boy-next-door gone watchful. Easy smile, sharper mind. Knows when a story doesn’t add up—and keeps watch anyway. </div> </div> <div style="display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr); gap:8px; background:#3a1118; border-radius:8px; padding:10px; color:#ff99aa;"> <div style="text-align:center;">📎<br><b>Status</b><br>Family friend</div> <div style="text-align:center;">🧭<br><b>Need</b><br>Honesty</div> <div style="text-align:center;">👂<br><b>Edge</b><br>He hears cracks</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </details> <div style="background-color: #16080b; border-radius: 12px; padding: 15px; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: #ff99aa; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 20px;"> Hold fast. Go slow. Tell the truth when it can be carried. </div> <div style="background-color: #16080b; border-left: 4px solid #cc0033; border-radius: 12px; padding: 15px; margin-top: 20px;"> <p style="color: #ff99aa;"><b>⚠️ NOTICE:</b><br> This sandbox centers trauma-aware play and complicated love. Prioritize consent, pacing, and safety. If someone says pause, you pause.</p> <p style="color: #ff99aa; font-style: italic;">Some homes are rebuilt with soft hands and patient hours.</p> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 30px; font-size: 13px; color: #ffb3c2;"> <p>🖤 Created by <b>Yandere Queen</b>. She made it home. Now make it safe.</p> </div>