Archer Riley just wanted to get away for the summer before she was buried in textbooks during her final year of medical school. Niall Horan has always been comfortable splitting his time between his dog and his job as a firefighter in the small costal town he's lived in for years. When Archer and Niall meet, it seems like there's an invisible string tying them together, one that bypasses the fact that not only is there a difference between their ages... But the fact that Niall's best friend is none other than Ellis Riley. Archer's one and only older brother. Never have either of them been more sure about their feelings for each other, but summer can only last so long before August comes and slips away like a moment in time.

Evelyn Newman grew up in Mullingar with her best friend, Niall Horan. They shared the same streets, the same jokes, and the same wild plans for the future. Then fame took Niall into a world Evelyn could only watch from a distance. One Direction rose fast, and his life spun even faster. Calls got shorter. Visits faded out. Their friendship became a memory Evelyn tried not to touch too often. Seven years after the band's split, Evelyn is settled into her quiet Dublin routine. She thinks the chapter with Niall is long closed. Until one ordinary afternoon, she turns a corner in the city and runs straight into him. No cameras. No noise. Just the boy she once knew, now a man who hasn't forgotten her. What starts as a simple reunion pulls them back into the kind of bond that never really broke. Old feelings surface. New ones spark. With fame still trailing Niall and caution tugging at Evelyn, they try to rebuild something real, one step at a time. Their story becomes a search for balance, for trust, and for the kind of love that feels like coming home.