Way Back Home

Ciara and Adrien never expected to be tied together, especially not like this.

Two strangers with nothing in common, paired for a year-long project neither of them wanted. Adrien, with his sharp gaze and colder-than-ice demeanor, keeps his distance, while Ciara's light-hearted chatter barely hides the questions swirling in her mind. It should be simple-finish the task and move on.

But the more time they spend together, the more everything starts to feel off. There's a strange pull between them, like invisible threads tightening with every passing moment, unraveling something neither can explain.

And while Ciara tries to keep things professional, Adrien finds himself watching her more closely than he should laughter, her words, the way she moves through the world. It starts as a curiosity but soon becomes something he can't control. Each conversation draws him deeper into her orbit, and the further they dig, the more Adrien begins to realize he doesn't just want to figure her out-he needs to.

Their partnership might not be as accidental as it seems, and with every passing day, Adrien's focus shifts from the project to Ciara, leaving him teetering on the edge of an obsession he never saw coming.

Because in the spaces between their words, a truth, something buried deep, waiting to surface.

And when it does, nothing will ever be the same.