Breakeven

Senior year is supposed to be predictable--classes, college applications, letting go of the past. But nothing about it feels stable to seventeen-year-old Amie Lancaster.

Four months after an all-consuming breakup, Amie is still carrying the aftershocks. She feels sharper now. Quicker to snap, quicker to shut people out, unwilling to be seen as the girl who got left behind. Stepping back into school feels like stepping up to a stage where everyone already knows her lines, and she's determined to rewrite them.

Then she stumbles into something unexpected--two things, really.

What starts as a way to burn away her frustration-- late nights, restless energy, and a need to feel something again--turns into a quiet obsession. A hobby her parents wouldn't approve of. A little unpredictable, consuming, and reckless. But for the first time since the breakup, it's hers. Not tied to anyone, not shaped by expectations.

And then there's Peter Rowe.

Soft-spoke, observant, and challenging to read, Peter doesn't push, doesn't pry, doesn't try to fix her. He notices all the things that other people don't. The quiet tension in her shoulders, the way she almost smiles and then stops herself. Where Amie is fire, Peter is restraint. Where she reacts, he considers.

Their connection builds in quiet moments, in shared silences, late-night conversations. The kind of connection that sneaks up on you. But Amie is not ready to trust something gentle. Not when she's finally learning to stand on her own again, not when her new hobby is pulling her away from the life her parents expected, and not when love had already proved how easily it can break her.

As senior year unfolds, Amie is forced to confront what she's running from--and what she actually wants.

Is she rebuilding herself or becoming someone new entirely?

A story about anger, healing, and the quiet love that doesn't demand to be chosen, but waits to be.