after losing her family, jade's life is uprooted when she moves in with her mom's best friend and her daughter, tate. grieving and guarded, jade never expected to find comfort in tate's steady presence-or to fall for her. as jade fights to reclaim her love for basketball and faces the challenges of healing, tate becomes her anchor in a storm of emotions. together, they discover that love, family, and hope can be found in the most unexpected places.
TW: grief and loss of family members, discussions of injury and recovery, emotional struggles with self-worth
[published all in one day]
~ "We lived in the spaces between words, in the ache of almost." ~
a slow-burn story of two people learning to find themselves in the wreckage of what love left behind.
an actress haunted by insomnia, heartbreak, and the fear of being replaceable, crosses paths with a songwriter whose world is colored by loneliness even in the brightest rooms. what begins as quiet companionship slowly becomes something neither of them expected - a love that feels both dangerous and necessary, fragile and grounding.
their story lingers in silences, half-spoken confessions, and the kind of intimacy that comes not from touch, but from being seen. it is a portrait of aching hearts and hesitant hope, of love that hurts but heals in equal measure.
two people who never thought they'd be chosen - until they chose each other.