Cathany Liv Maia is just trying to survive-juggling a Psychology degree, student debt, and the weight of adulthood. But everything traces back to her graduating year of high school, when she met him and formed a friendship built on late talks, quiet comfort, and feelings neither of them ever named. They parted as friends. Never lovers. Years later, life pulls them into the same orbit once more, forcing Maia to confront what they were-and everything they never allowed themselves to be.

Ava struggled through her early high school years until she met Ryde Easton. They were never anything official, yet they became each other's comfort through tragedies and small triumphs. Even after their graduating year, whatever existed between them lingered on into senior high-almost was never enough to hold what they felt. It didn't end because of distance or dreams-only a girl who finally let go of the boy she never had.