cosmictxs
In a small town that never allowed people to just exist, Jacob grows up certain of only one thing: Emma.
From childhood, promises carved into tree bark to a life shaped by expectation, they become inseparable, neighbours, best friends, and eventually, everything everyone believes they should be.
But as Jacob struggles to understand who he is beneath the roles assigned to him, love begins to take on quieter, heavier forms. Between loyalty and fear, silence and survival, their bond is tested by the truths neither of them dares to name.
Years later, standing where it all began, Jacob is left to confront the cost of becoming himself, and the kind of love that doesn't demand to be returned in the way the world expects.