So Close Yet So Far

Iris-Clover Blake has spent her final year of school hidden behind a sea of whispers. After losing her mother, cruel rumors erupted - twisting her death into something shameful and untrue. The grief hollowed Iris out until she felt like she was disappearing.

One night, when the weight of everything becomes too much, Iris climbs to the old building's rooftop. She isn't expecting anyone to find her.

But Declan Cooper, the quiet boy who always slips through the halls unnoticed, happens to be there. He interrupts her in the last moment-not heroically, not gracefully, just there, scared and desperate for her not to fall. That chance moment gives Iris just enough pause to step back.

Weeks later, their roles reverse. Declan collapses on the street after another brutal night at home. Iris finds him, terrified, and takes him in. With no one else to help him, he ends up living in her empty, quiet house.

Now it's just the two of them:
two broken souls sharing the same roof, the same silence, the same fear of being alone.
They barely know how to heal themselves - but somehow, they begin to heal each other.