Let Me Love You
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Last published Mon, Feb 10, 2025
Rook and Olive were inseparable as kids, sharing dreams, secrets, and a bond that felt unshakable-until high school pulled them apart. Years later, fate brings them back to their hometown during winter break, where the snow-covered streets and familiar corners stir up memories they've both tried to forget.
Rook, now a brooding tattoo artist who speaks through the stories he inks onto skin, and Olive, a passionate art student pouring her heart onto canvases, are forced to confront the distance that grew between them. As they navigate the icy tension of their reunion, they begin to uncover what they've missed in each other's lives-the struggles, the growth, and the pieces of themselves they left behind.
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