livinginherhead
Mya thought she had her life figured out.
By twenty-four, she's already a nurse, living in a cozy South Carolina apartment with her best friend, surviving long shifts, iced coffee runs, and the kind of chaos only nurses understand. On the outside, she's doing everything right. But on the inside, there's one thing she can't quiet... the constant ache of wanting to be loved. When Mya meets a charming doctor who makes her feel seen in a way she never has before, she lets herself believe this could finally be it. The late-night conversations, the lingering glances, the way he says her name like it means something... it all feels real.
Until it isn't.
What starts as something she thought would heal her ends up breaking her in ways she didn't expect, forcing Mya to confront the painful question she's been avoiding all along... why does she keep choosing people who don't choose her? As she slowly picks herself back up, leaning on friendship, healing, and the life she's built, Mya begins to realize that love might not look the way she imagined it would. And when it finally finds her again, it's quieter, steadier... and everything she didn't know she needed.
A heartfelt, messy, and deeply honest story about longing, heartbreak, and learning that being chosen starts with choosing yourself.