The Weight of Raindrops
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Last published Sun, Jul 13, 2025
Some silences feel heavier than words. Especially when it rains.
Naira Menon is a travel writer hiding from the world-and herself-after a scandal shattered her career and trust. She retreats to the quiet hill town of Valenwood, where it rains more often than it doesn't.
Next door lives Advik Rao-a reclusive ceramic artist who works with clay but has long stopped molding his heart. Stoic, private, and emotionally unavailable, he lives a life of routine... until Naira's storm meets his stillness.
As the rain falls day after day, their worlds begin to merge-not through grand gestures or declarations, but through tea left on doorsteps, glances through fogged-up windows, and words they never say aloud.
Because sometimes, love doesn't begin with a spark.
Sometimes, it begins with silence.
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