Fixing Him

Allison Jones and Beckett O'Connor met as counselors at a summer camp in Toronto, Canada - the kind of place their parents sent them to grow up a little. Beckett was the golden boy everyone adored: kind, magnetic, effortlessly charming. Allie kept to herself, quiet and observant, content to stay in the background.

But somewhere between lazy canoe mornings and midnight campfires, they found each other. On an ordinary Monday in July, something shifted - a glance, a laugh, a shared secret - and suddenly, they were inseparable.

When camp ended, they promised to stay in touch. But promises fade without connection, and as days turned into weeks, their summer became a memory - soft-edged and half-remembered.

Three years later, fate put them in the same place again: the library at Oakley State University in Washington. Allie hadn't changed much - still quiet, still the girl who could make Beckett smile with a single word.

But Beckett? He was almost unrecognizable. The sweet, sincere boy from camp had become something else entirely - guarded, reckless, and known for breaking hearts.

Allie believes she can still find that boy beneath the surface - the one she once loved.

Beckett isn't so sure. He doesn't want to lose her, but he's terrified she'll see him for what he's become: an emotionless womanizer hiding behind a perfect smile.