asterwyn_writes
Faith, Fate, and Falling
Different prayers. Same sky.
Eshaal Mirza doesn't have time for distractions. Between PCMB, NEET prep, and a family that measures love in percentages, every moment is calculated. She's 97.75% perfect. Close enough to second place. Close enough to carry the weight of a medical dream she can't afford to fail.
Ivaan Rajput has it all-first rank, a confident smile, and a mind that sees the world in architectural blueprints. But his dream of designing his own future is colliding with his father's demand that he wear a doctor's coat instead. Behind the perfect 98.23% is a boy fighting a quiet war for his own identity, exhausted from pretending he wants the life he was handed.
They were never supposed to notice each other beyond classroom rivalry. First rank versus second. The girl fighting for her medical dream versus the boy fighting to escape his father's. But between crowded corridors, library silences, and years of unspoken understanding, they start to see what no one else does: that they are both fighting battles no one talks about.
It's not love at first sight. It's the slow, quiet ache of always knowing where the other person is in the room. It's shared notes and stolen glances. It's realizing that the person who challenges you the most might be the only one who truly understands the pressure.
But when faith, family, and fate collide, they'll have to choose between the futures expected of them and the love they never planned for.
A story about two people who found each other in the space between different prayers-and wondered if that was enough.
"They stood beneath the same sky,
Whispered different prayers,and wondered if fate would ever lead them to the same destination ."