midnightbluewriting
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foun·da·tion
noun
a basis (such as a tenet or principle) upon which something stands or is supported.
Birdie Buchanan has always felt wrong in this world.
Sensitive. Different. Odd. Weird. Too much.
Until she moved to Mercy Ridge and met Liam Durant.
Liam's never seen Birdie as strange, he sees her as brilliant and beautiful, exactly who she is meant to be.
When Liam's absent father was trying to earn back his family's trust, Birdie steadied him.
When Birdie's senses overwhelm her, Liam is there to quiet the world.
They were each other's foundation.
Then college changes everything.
Birdie is swallowed by loneliness and the exhausting effort of trying to fit into a world that refuses to understand her neurodivergence. Every whisper, every stare, every cruel joke pulls her further from the one person who ever made her feel safe. Liam feels so far away, thriving in his new world she doesn't belong in.
Liam is putting on a good front as the rising college basketball star with the NBA in his sights.
He doesn't want anyone to know that he's completely breaking under pressure. He's failing all of his classes, the sport that once defined him has become a prison he can't escape, and his teammates slowly reveal just how cruel they can be.
Liam tries to take it all on his shoulders, remembering the future he has planned for him and Birdie.
When a prank meant to humiliate nearly becomes a tragedy, Liam is forced to face the truth of what his silence has cost nearly cost him.
But will it be too late for Birdie?
No cheating. Guaranteed happily ever after.
BOOK 2 OF THE MERCY UNIVERSE.
BOOK 1: CORNERSTONE
BOOK 2: FOUNDATION
BOOK 3: BEDROCK *COMING SOON*