How We Learned To Burn
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She never meant to ruin him.
Aria was the fire-reckless nights, blurred lights of clubs, smoke curling between her fingers, a laugh that always hid more than it revealed.
Caleb was the calm-straight A's, quiet afternoons with books, a boy untouched by vices, steady in a world that often shook.
They were never supposed to collide. But when they did, the sparks turned into flames, and neither of them knew how to stop it.
This is the story of how she burned too brightly, how he followed her into the fire, and how love blurred the line between saving and destroying. It's about guilt, temptation, scars, and the dangerous beauty of youth.
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