Emotionaldependence Stories

THE DAY AFTER I MET YOU A Two-Part Psychological Romance Novel Genre: Slowburn BL / Psychological Drama / Slice-of-Life Tragedy Themes: Emotional Dependence, Memory Loss, Childhood Trauma, Identity Erosion Logline: What remains of love when the shared history that built it completely disappears? Synopsis: Book 1: The Day After I Met You (Zaique's Perspective) For twenty four year-old repeater student Zaique Liam, survival has always meant keeping his distance. After a catastrophic childhood accident claimed his parents and left him emotionally frozen, he mistook rigid order, predictable routines, and complete isolation for safety. Then, he met Nicolas Yin. Nicolas is everything Zaique is not-loud, socially effortlessly, warm, and constantly sacrificing his own energy to carry the emotional burdens of everyone on campus. Intrigued by the quiet space Zaique occupies, Nicolas invites himself into Zaique's structured world, gradually turning ordinary cafeteria lunches, train station walks, and quiet rooftop moments into a sacred, irreversible routine. But just as Zaique lowers his guard and realizes he is falling in love, he notices cracks beneath Nicolas's vibrant persona. What everyone assumes is simple student-council exhaustion is something far more terrifying. Book 1 ends on a devastating cliffhanger as Nicolas collapses, forcing Zaique to realize that the person who became his emotional home is slipping through his fingers. Book 2: The Day I Forgot You (Nicolas's Perspective & The Future) The story shifts entirely into Nicolas's mind, recontextualizing everything the reader thought they knew. Written through an unstable, fragmented narrative, the first fifteen chapters reveal that Nicolas was suffering from a progressive neurodegenerative memory disorder long before anyone noticed. He wasn't just tired; he was terrified. Every casual smile, every passed note, and every shared memory was a desperate attempt to anchor his dissolving mind to the one person who

*Work in progress* Have you ever wondered if you really love that person or if you're just addicted? The story of Geneva and Alexander starts in the past and will accompany them throughout their lives. Geneva is an empathetic, perfectionist and love-needy woman. Alexander is a narcissist covert, the most subtle and hidden form of narcissism. Their encounter gives life to an affective dependence in a plot of returns, expectations, upheavals, openings and closures.