Maybe I Loved Landon Too Much

When Evan Hale's long-hidden relationship with the boy who once saved him begins to rot under secrecy and jealousy, the arrival of someone who sees him clearly forces Evan to confront a devastating truth: sometimes the love that raised you is the love you have to leave.

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Evan Hale has always known two things:
homes can break, and people can leave long before they walk away.

Landon Pierce was supposed to be the exception.
His neighbor. His best friend. His first love.
The boy who once pulled Evan out of the wreckage of his childhood and became the only place he ever felt safe.

But high school changes things.
Landon is louder now-brighter, adored, claimed by the varsity world that wants all of him... except the part that belongs to Evan.

What was once easy becomes hidden. What felt unbreakable begins to fracture.

Then Aiden Reyes shows up-quiet, observant, impossible to ignore.
He doesn't demand anything from Evan. He just notices.

And for the first time, Evan feels seen without having to disappear.

As jealousy hardens into lies and the past tightens its grip, Evan is forced to confront a truth he's been avoiding:

The boy who once saved him may be the one hurting him most.
And the boy he never expected might be the first to choose him freely.

But how do you walk away from the person who taught you what love was in the first place?