Characters: Aarav Kapoor - 28, a quiet, brooding artist who lives in Manali. Known for breathtaking landscapes and haunting portraits. Carries trauma from the past and avoids emotional intimacy. Meher Sethi - 25, literature student from Delhi. Bright, poetic, spontaneous, but harboring a dark secret. She believes in living fully, despite the shadows in her life. Rehan Malhotra - 28, Aarav's childhood best friend. A photographer who travels frequently. Loyal, kind, hiding unrequited love for Meher. Dr. Kavya Sharma - 35, Aarav's therapist. Sharp, compassionate, and holds a past connection with Aarav's family. When We Were Fireflies By Khushi In the rain-soaked hills of Manali, two souls crash into each other like fate dared them to meet. Aarav Kapoor - a brooding, reclusive artist haunted by ghosts of his past - has long buried his heart behind colors on canvas and silent nights. Meher Sethi - a poetic, fiery literature student - arrives with laughter in her voice and a deadly secret in her veins. Their connection is instant. Intense. Inevitable. But love, like fireflies, burns brightest just before it disappears. Caught between the memories Aarav won't speak of, the heartbreak Rehan hides, and the ticking clock Meher keeps buried in her chest, When We Were Fireflies is a story of love that glows, fades, and sometimes... sets you free. A story of healing. Of unspoken truths. And of what it means to love even when time is slipping away.

Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction? ****** Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]