Five years after Romy and Felix's decade-long friendship burst into dramatic flames, she's back in the city. This time, everything is different. Romy is left to pick up the pieces after one, silly wound from tripping turns her world upside down. The person she lit her life on fire for, drops her like she meant nothing in favour of something less broken. When she's dragged back to Chicago, all she wants to do is curl up in a ball, close her eyes and shut the world out. Felix has, on paper, everything he'd ever dreamed of. A career he'd worked his ass off for, a bank account with more than enough money and accolades to represent his hard work. But no matter how much he tries to convince himself that he's living the life he wants, there's a piece missing, and he hates that he knows exactly what that piece is. When the childhood friends reunite after their fight that exploded a relationship everyone thought was indestructible, they are hit with the knowledge that the only way they can both be happy is with each other. But nothing is ever that simple, especially not love with a microscope on it.