🌸🌹🌙 A Love Written in Moonlight & Bloom 🌙🌹🌸
Louis had always wished to stay by Ayden's side, never knowing why his heart clung so desperately. He only understood when Ayden left abroad-distance unveiled the truth. The longing was not of a brother, but of a soul in love. Ayden was the cool, unreachable moonlight, and Louis the star that longed to shine only for him. To the world, Louis chose modeling; to himself, he chose a path where Ayden's gaze might always find him.
Ayden, in turn, was elegance itself-distant, untouchable, a dream to all. Yet within his perfect composure, he harbored a secret: Louis was his only exception, his only desire. Louis was the white swan in his frozen photograph-close enough to see, but never his to hold. He tried to hide it, yet Louis was his poison, his drug, his eternal addiction.
When their hearts finally met again, the hidden love blossomed-slowly, beautifully, passionately. For Ayden, love was rain that fell for no one else but Louis. For Louis, love was the star that only wished to shine in Ayden's night.
To everyone else, Ayden was a dream never to be touched-
But for Ayden, Louis was the only dream worth living.
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PAUL
I cheated on my fiancée.
Sophie and I were building our future. In love, happy, peaceful. Then she found a lump in her breast and I made the worst choice: I numbed my fear by sleeping with someone else. My worst mistake and my biggest regret. Now I see Sophie around town with him. She's radiant and laughing with people who actually show up. I'm trying to learn how to be a man who does. If she lets me, I'll spend the rest of my life proving I can choose her when it's hardest. If she lets me...
SOPHIE
I thought the promise was in sickness and in health.
But he buried his fear in someone else. On the same night, I walked into a bookstore and meet the gentle giant owner who invites me to his book club full of misfits.
I'm laughing again, I smile more than I ever have, I heal my heart.
My ex says he can learn to stay, but my bookstore owner keeps showing up like it's as easy as breathing. I don't know what the future holds; I don't know if I'll win this battle against cancer, but I do know I'm done wasting time on people that love only when it's easy.
CALLUM
She came in to Rivers & Rhodes Bookstore and asked for books with happy endings only.
I gave her a recommendation, an invitation, and an offer of friendship. Now, this beautiful brave woman is completely under my skin. I'm not here to win a competition against him. I'm here because choosing someone, second by second, is the only way I understand love.
Content Warnings: on page cheating, emotional and physical infidelity, cancer, mentions of vomiting, bleeding, surgery. Please be advised.