Mia Kennedy has lived with the weight of her diagnosis since she was seventeen. The words follow her everywhere, even when she tries to outrun them. Some days she burns bright, too bright, other days she can't get out of bed. She wants love but fears she'll destroy anyone who comes too close. So she writes, she observes, she survives.
Nathaniel Wolfe refuses to give his chaos a name. Married young, now a father, he tells himself he's fine even as his moods swing between wild bursts of energy and silent, suffocating voids. His wife pleads with him to get help, but Nate sees doctors as threats, labels as cages. To admit something is wrong would be to admit he's already lost.
Their stories are separate, yet they echo. A man and a woman carrying storms inside them, trying to build lives around the cracks.
A raw, intimate exploration of mental illness, marriage, loneliness, and the fragile beauty of survival.
What happens when a man who should be at the top of the world suddenly decides to take his life?
Lincoln, a pediatric surgeon who has been confronted with more than one disaster in the past weeks, is convinced his life is not worth living anymore. But just as he decides to end it, he comes across a girl that might just change his mind.
When Mia drives home from her friend's house, she does not expect to find someone standing at the ledge of a bridge, trying to end his life. She especially does not expect that specific someone to be the one man she definitely should not be close to right now.
Will she be able to help him without getting too close? Or are these two bound to end up together?
Warning: This story contains depictions of mental health issues such as suicide, depression, and anxiety. Please read with caution, it can get very intense.
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