Exhale

Zuri survived a brutal childhood to make it to Juilliard, finally getting everything she thought she wanted. But beneath the punishing ballet routines and the safety of her friendships, she's still suffocating. She's surrounded by people, yet constantly fighting the feeling that she's entirely alone.

Luckily, Roman found her first.

Roman knows what it means to lose everything. After his parents died and the system chewed him up, he was tasked with rebuilding his love for life from scratch. He fought his own dark instincts to learn how to laugh again, how to try again, and how to chase a quiet, peaceful dream.

When their paths collide in New York City, they aren't just two artists trying to make it-they're two broken people trying to heal. Alongside Marley, their fiercely loyal best friend who's running from a ticking clock of her own, the three of them build a chosen family that refuses to let any of them fall. But when old wounds resurface and outside forces threaten to pull them apart, Roman, Zuri, and Marley have to decide what they actually want out of life-and whether they are finally brave enough to drop their walls, trust each other, and just exhale.