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In a home where love is shared unevenly and bloodlines don't tell the full story, family is something you learn to choose every day.
Lee Danielle (17, almost 18) has always lived in the in-between-between childhood and adulthood, between responsibility and desire, between being seen and being understood. As the middle child of the Lee siblings, she quietly holds her family together, especially for her younger sister Lee Arin (14), whose world revolves around Danielle more than anyone realizes. Their eldest brother, Lee Heeseung (19)-their half-brother by blood but not by heart-carries the weight of adulthood early, openly favoring Arin while silently questioning where he truly belongs.
When Heeseung's childhood friends, Jake and Riki, become constant fixtures in their already-crowded home, everything begins to shift. Teasing masks affection, silence hides fear, and through shared chaos, a fragile but beautiful found family starts to form. Danielle and Riki begin as strangers sharing the same space, then friends bound by quiet understanding-until their connection grows into something neither of them is prepared to face.
As rumors spread, tensions rise, and long-buried insecurities surface, the Lee siblings are forced to confront what family really means. Loving someone might risk breaking everything-but it might also be the very thing that holds them together.
Threads Between Us is a slow-burn, coming-of-age novel about sisterhood, falling for your brother's best friend, found family, and learning that love doesn't replace what you have-it expands it.
started: 12.15.2025
ended:?