You, Him, & I

Noel doesn't believe in love , not anymore. Not after years of chasing validation in dim bedrooms and cold goodbyes. She plays the game well: a flirt, a tease, a girl who keeps things "casual." Her hookups are secret, her walls are high, and she knows exactly how to keep people at a distance.

Most of the time.

But everything shifts the summer she moves out and gets a taste of "adult" life. The people around her are starting to grow up while she clings to the chaos that's always made her feel in control.

Reiner, her roommate is steady and sweat. It's all too easy to get stuck in a love triangle that was never supposed to mean anything.

There's Connie, twitch-famous, and entirely too genuine. He calls her out. He sees her. And the closer he gets, the harder it is to pretend.

Told from Noel's point of view, this story dives into the messy spaces between casual sex and intimacy, loyalty and detachment, love and self-loathing. It's about girlhood, hookup culture, and the painful process of figuring out who you are when the masks start slipping.