The Quiet Between Us.

Avaia Reign Walker-Reed is trying to become someone solid. Between lectures, late-night spirals, and friendships that feel like breaking glass, she clings to routine - to the idea that if she keeps moving, she won't fall apart.

Malik Omari Brown is already halfway gone. A ghost in his own story, he writes essays like prayers and keeps his heart tucked behind sarcasm and silence. He calls home every day but never visits. The people he runs with drink to forget, and so does he - even if he never touches a bottle.

They shouldn't have met.
And maybe they didn't meet - maybe they collided.

What begins as softness quickly folds into something sharp: two people trying to hold on to each other while unraveling at the seams. But love doesn't save everyone. Sometimes it just shows you how deep the cracks go.

Some stories don't have endings.
Only consequences.