TanSeven
June Parker has spent her whole life keeping people at a careful distance - close enough to get by, never close enough to be hurt. She doesn't expect much from anyone, least of all from a boy like Noah Bennett.
Noah has never wanted anything the way he wants her attention. The problem is, she won't give it. Not easily, not for free, not just because he's used to getting what he wants. And maybe that's exactly why he can't stop trying.
What begins as stolen glances and reluctant proximity turns into something neither of them can explain - late nights that go too long, silences that say more than words, a pull neither of them asked for and both of them feel anyway. Noah starts becoming someone he doesn't recognize, someone softer, someone who shows up. June starts letting her guard down one inch at a time, terrified of how much she wants to.
Every glance lingers a little too long. Every almost-touch feels like falling. And somewhere between his patience and her resistance, they fall into something neither one is ready to name out loud.
She feels like home. He feels like the one risk worth taking.