*MATURE BECAUSE*: It contains serious, sensitive and triggering topics like self-harm, unhealed trauma, assault, murders, etc. Reader discretion is advised.
We are all flawed in some way or another, aren't we? How far can we go into our real personalities to be accepted by others? Here are some college students, figuring out the faults in their lives while accepting each other as they are. This is the story of exploring life, jumping away from pasts and diving with open arms into self-made futures.
Aashna Bagchi, a psychology student, has been working day and night on her research that holds the most important place in her life. So important that she has left some equally important threads behind. Meanwhile, Abeer Purohit, a not-so-random neighbourhood guy who grew up without any friends, claims that he didn't need any. However, after meeting Aashna and her friends, he has started wishing for some deeper relationships.
Aashna, Abeer, Girisha, Muskan, Kartik, Abhimanyu, and others, all carry some deep-rooted sorrows within them. What they also carry, are dreams, ambitions and hopes. Together they grow, cope, heal, work hard and be there for each other... but at what cost?
What will it take to achieve their dreams? How many times is it that destiny lets us have what we want? Is it true that relationships fall apart in the journey of aspirations? How do you know if the relationships are healthy and worth engaging in? So many questions in their lives. Yet these youngsters stand strong against all the hardships, ready to fight against whatever comes their way. But... for how long can they do this? How long will they last?
***Some major themes/tropes:-
Friends to lovers
Group Friendship
Adulting
Slow burn, Healthy Romance
Dreams and Aspirations
Perspectives on relationships
Healing and Coping
Sunshine X Sunshine
Multiple couples
(Libraries, Books, Coffee, Psychology, Art)
...and of course, a lot more!
"Do you have any idea how damn frustrating you are?" He trapped me between him and the wall.
Stubbornly, I looked squarely at him, "You say this like it's news to you."
He pursed his lips, clenched his jaw, and stared at me with darkened eyes before he closed the gap between us. I stared at him squarely as I felt his body heat radiated off me, my lips parted and my breathing picked up a notch.
He placed one hand on the wall and brought his lips an inch away from mine as the other hand trailed up my arms, "I am going to make you feel my frustration."
I ran my finger along his jaw and dared him with my eyes, "I'm Mila," I grinned, "You can try but we both know you won't succeed."
He ran his thumb over my bottom lip, "Don't take my love for you as weakness," he stated and captured my lips with a fiery kiss.
The road to love for Mila and Mitchell wasn't easy, but they finally reached their destination after many bumps along the way. Blissfully in love, they set off on another journey together but instead of the Highway, they hit the high seas.
However, love and life aren't always smooth sail and they learn that when they embark on their adult life after college. Mitchell is trying to prove to his father he is worthy of handling the grand Clarke Empire one day while Mila is determined to make her mark in the medical world.
Two strong personalities have finally accepted they love each other but both are set in their ways and stubborn with unbreakable egos.
Can their love weather storms in their path or will things like jealousy, insecurity, and family stand in their way to happily ever after?