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Oliver's first year at university was supposed to be simple: new classes, new friends, and surviving his anxiety one day at a time. Instead, an ancient leyline beneath campus awakens - one that responds to his own emotions, pulls him toward the ruins in the woods, and begins to fracture him from the inside out.
As the magic spirals, so does his personal life. His childhood best friend Bennett doesn't love him the way he hoped. His roommate Rowan cares more than he should. And Oliver is caught between heartbreak, panic, and the impossible weight of being needed by something he doesn't understand.
When the ruin finally collapses, Oliver must face the truth he's avoided for years: healing isn't the absence of magic or love - it's learning how to hold both without losing yourself.
Filled with queer yearning, found family chaos, and soft magic, this is a story about loving people, letting go, and choosing yourself even when everything feels like it's breaking.