writteninwine
some people meet in coffee shops. izel and caleb meet in hospital hallways where the doors don't lock.
izel is unraveling- haunted by a home that was never a sanctuary and a past that won't stay buried. caleb is a ghost in his own life, surviving on routines that keep his heart beating but leave his soul cold.
they find each other in the quiet spaces between breakdowns: over vending machine coffee, in sterile therapy rooms, and in group tai chi sessions. what they build together is fragile, fierce, and terrifyingly real.
this is a story about love that feels like rescue and hope that arrives a second too late. because sometimes, no matter how hard you fight for the surface-the ice still breaks.