Burning Softly - IN THE WORKS
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Raylen has never fit into the world of easy affection. Holding hands feels like fire. Kissing sparks panic. Intimacy, the very thing she craves most, feels unreachable-like a beautiful language she was never taught. While others wrap their love in skin and contact, she wraps hers in space and small, intentional gifts.
Haunted by a childhood shaped by addiction, emotional neglect, and noise that never stops, she's spent years trying to make sense of her relationship with closeness. Now, as she begins to explore her sexuality and navigate new relationships, she's forced to confront a deeper truth: maybe it's not about who she's with, but how she's allowed to love-and be loved.
Burning Softly is a quiet, aching exploration of love, trauma, and the delicate process of learning how to be touched-physically and emotionally.
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