Man Built An Underground Room In His Backyard — Neighbors Couldn’t Believe Why

A Shared Quiet

One warm evening, Alan and Diane sat in lawn chairs, the shed door cracked open beside them. Fireflies blinked above the grass. “Feels strange, doesn’t it?” Diane said.

“After all that noise.” Alan smiled. “Silence isn’t empty,” he said. “It’s just full of things we finally understand.”