Aleynawalsh
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Laoise Stanley has never been simple. Adopted from Ireland at the age of three, she grew up under the California sun before finding herself in Forks at eighteen, finishing school with her cousin Jessica. She's bold, feisty, and impossible to read-a closed book that no one has managed to open.
Until Jasper Hale.
One reckless night at a party pulls her into his orbit. He's quiet, haunted, and carrying more weight than anyone could guess. Together, they strike an unspoken deal: an escape. A way to silence the ghosts in their heads, if only for a few hours each week.
But their kind of therapy isn't found in words. It's found in touch.
Laoise swore she'd never let anyone close enough to break her. Jasper never thought someone like her could untangle the darkness he's lived with for so long. What starts as an agreement quickly blurs the line between healing and hurting, between therapy and something much deeper.
Because when two broken souls learn to breathe again in each other's arms, it's never just temporary.