Don't stay ( "SILENT FLAMES" )

A Slow-Burn LGBTQ+ Romance

Sam Rivera has spent her whole life shrinking herself -
raised by a strict, watchful mother, taught to follow rules she never wrote,
and terrified of the feelings she's tried to bury since childhood.

Her world is predictable. Controlled. Small.

Until Jenna Hale walks into it.

Jenna, with her soft-feminine looks hiding razor-sharp edges.
A shy smile, glasses she keeps adjusting when she's nervous,
and a voice so gentle it feels like a confession.
Yet her anger comes like thunderstorms, sudden and beautiful.
She's everything warm, but she burns.

When Sam meets her, something inside her shifts -
a pull she can't name, a softness she can't hide, a danger she can't resist.

Their connection begins quietly:
hesitant glances, long pauses,
the kind of tension that steals air and turns into hunger before either of them understands it.

But they're both drowning in fear:
Sam is scared of wanting a woman.
Jenna is scared of being wanted back.
Their lives weren't built for this kind of fire -
not in a world that demands silence from girls like them.

Still, the universe keeps pushing them together.
Every touch feels like a confession.
Every argument feels like a promise.
Every moment is a slow burn that threatens to melt the careful walls around their hearts.

And as their lives twist into each other,
they face the truth neither wants to say out loud:

They could destroy each other...
or save each other.
Or both.

"SILENT FLAMES" is a raw, emotional, sometimes painful journey of self-discovery, forbidden longing, and the terrifying beauty of finally being seen.

A story of two girls learning that love isn't gentle -
it's a storm.

with the help of chatgpt and my imaginations