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𝐄𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 #𝟏: previously known as "My Home"
A friends-to-lovers romance full of longing, heartbreak, and second chances.

"𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒉𝒖𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰'𝒎 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆. 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏. 𝑮𝒉𝒂𝒓 𝒋𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒌𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒊 𝒂𝒂𝒑 𝒎𝒆𝒊𝒏." (There's a peace in you like the one we find at home.")

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𝗦𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗞𝗮𝘀𝗵𝘆𝘂𝗽 has always been the fixer. The son, the provider, the silent sufferer. But three years of living alone in a 1BHK apartment, away from everything he once called home, has chipped away at his soul. Exhausted. Hollow. Done pretending.

Until 𝗩𝗮𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗹, his childhood best friend, walks back into his life like a monsoon after drought. She's fierce, funny, and knows how to read him even in his silence. What begins as comfort quickly turns into tension. Unspoken feelings. Lingering touches. And a dangerous question neither of them is ready to answer

"What if the only place you ever truly feel belonged, is a person who can't be yours?"

But love isn't always cozy. It's messy, confusing, and terrifying especially when the walls you built to survive start to fall.

🏠 Will their home always feel like home or will it become just four walls between two strangers?

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• She fell first, he fell harder
• Forced proximity
• Best friends to lovers
• Slow burn with intense chemistry
• Emotional healing arc

☆ 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.