The First Leaves: An Autumn Festival Story, Part 1 of 8

In Part 1 of The Autumn Lantern Festival, Mara returns for what she expects will be a short stay and is drawn into preparations for the autumn festival. This gentle serialized story follows adult characters through warm, everyday choices. Inside this episode: - Grounding - The first encounter - The turn - The committee - The moment This is an original work of fiction created for this series. Characters, places, and events are fictional. Follow Small Town Romance: Gentle Love Stories for the next chapter of this gentle love story.