cardigan

This wraps "being left" inside an old cardigan. It isn't just clothes — it's the proof he walked away without, yet it still holds his warmth. Don't you keep something of someone's, useless but impossible to toss?

It's the quietest letter of the teen trilogy. Taylor's certainty that "you'll come back for it" writes a waiting that doesn't intrude. You'll feel some goodbyes neither side was ready for.

This is an interpretation based on publicly available material. Not official commentary.

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