((new)) — Portada De Un Trabajo De Universidad

The boy nodded slowly. "Then why is your cover page empty?"

Below it, in a smaller font, she added a dedication: Para papá.

She typed:

Below that, three lines awaited completion:

Sofía hesitated. "A story about a man who drove a train for thirty years and then couldn't afford the ticket to ride it anymore." portada de un trabajo de universidad

She had spent three days researching the economic impact of the Buenos Aires subway fare hikes. She had read seventeen academic papers, built complex graphs, and written over four thousand words. But this—this blank white square—felt like an insurmountable wall.

"That's not a university cover page," Sofía whispered, breaking her own rule of silence. The boy nodded slowly

The problem wasn't laziness. It was fear.