HELP CSS NOT WORKING?!?!!???!!!

So my code works fine with internal css but doesn't work with external. i dont totally understand it though because it was a line written automatically by neocities. I didn't edit any of the necessary things but its not workinggggggggggggg

my internal code:

 <style>

 body {

  background-image: url("https://i.pinimg.com/564x/e4/14/44/e41444abcb3dd6f00b455abd3cd3097b.jpg");

  font-family: Verdana;

  object-fit: fill;

 }

P {

  color: white;

}

a:links {

  color: pink;

}

a:active {

  color:orange;

}

a:visited {

  color: pink;

}

a:hover{

  color:blue;

}

 </style>

my code to make this code external

<link href="/style.css" type="text/css" media="all">

my file name is style.css and its a local file created by neocities