My Quiet Heart Could Breathe:Before the silence
10 parts Complete MatureHe came to this town with nothing but a name and the echo of people he can't bring back. Grief doesn't knock-it settles in. And when it did, it left him quiet. Numb. Watching the world go on like nothing cracked beneath his skin.
Then came Tyler. Loud, chaotic, bright. The kind of person who doesn't ask permission to exist. The kind of person you'd follow without knowing why. He made things feel like maybe they could be okay.
But this isn't the kind of story you think it is. It isn't about falling in love. It's about hiding it. About swallowing every word that might give you away. It's about watching someone save your life without knowing they're doing it. About pretending you're not breaking when you are.
This is not a love story.
It's the story of silence. Of surviving. Of what it costs to bury who you are, even from the person you need most.
It's a confession written in the margins of pain.
Read closely.
Some truths are only heard when everything else goes quiet.