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Adrian Walker has spent years learning how to live with the past.
After losing his parents and spiraling into addiction, getting clean meant rebuilding his life one piece at a time. Now, years later, Adrian is starting over as a trauma doctor at Pittsburgh Trauma, determined to leave the person he once was behind.
Then he meets Jack Abbott.
Jack is brilliant, guarded, exhausted, and carrying more weight than he ever lets anyone see. What begins as quiet understanding between two doctors slowly turns into something neither of them expected.
Between brutal night shifts, rooftop conversations, hidden glances, and secrets shared in hospital breakrooms, Adrian and Jack find something neither of them knew they needed:
each other.
But healing isn't always a straight line. The past can resurface when you least expect it, and loving someone means choosing to stay when things get hard.
Because sometimes, the person who helps you survive the storm becomes the person you build a life with.
A story about addiction, recovery, love, found family, and finding your way home. ❤️🩹
Jack Abbott x OC (Adrian Walker)