december10x
Some people don't leave your life.
They just... stay quieter.
Ava learned how to live without him.
Without the chaos.
Without the late nights, the almosts, and everything that never quite felt like enough.
She was fine.
Until she wasn't.
Because seeing Josh again didn't feel like closure.
It felt like something unfinished.
One night turned into something dangerous - stolen looks, lingering touches, crossed lines, and a pull neither of them could ignore.
Josh knows he doesn't deserve another chance.
Ava knows she shouldn't give him one.
But the problem isn't whether she still wants him.
It's that she remembers exactly how it feels to be close to him...
and how quickly she loses herself when she is.
And this time-
if she lets him back in,
she might not walk away again.