Broken

Some wounds never close. Some hearts never heal.

At just twelve years old, Elian Carter's world shatters the day his father walks out and never looks back. Left with a struggling mother and a younger sister who depends on him, Elian learns early what it means to survive without comfort, answers, or love.

Quiet, gifted, and far more mature than his age, Elian hides behind his drawings and stories - the only places he can create the kind of world he longs to live in. But even those safe spaces begin to darken when his first experience with love becomes something twisted and traumatic - a girl who corners him, threatens him, and rewrites his innocence into something fearful and stained.

From adolescence to adulthood, Elian searches for something real - a connection, a reason, a love that doesn't break him. But every step forward pulls him deeper into loneliness. His calm exterior masks a lifetime of silent battles. And as years pass, he begins to wonder if some people were simply never meant to be loved.

Broken is a raw, emotional journey of a boy who grows into a man still haunted by love that never was. A heartbreaking coming-of-age story about betrayal, longing, and the quiet tragedy of never finding what you're searching for.