Sun Between Fire

Solana "Sol" Reyes-Lopez has always existed in the space just beside the storm. Five months younger than her half-sister Santana, Sol wasn't raised in the same house, but when they finally met at ten years old, the bond was instant-unshakable, effortless, and deep enough that everyone started calling them twins. By high school, Sol chooses Santana and their abuela's home over the suffocating expectations of her mother's strict household, stepping into a life that's louder, sharper, and far more complicated.

Where Santana burns, Sol steadies. She isn't as openly combative, but her silence is deliberate and her comebacks land when they matter most. Sol becomes Santana's anchor-the strategist who talks her down, the sister who knows when to fight and when to breathe. Fiercely loyal and emotionally intuitive, Sol understands the power of restraint in a world that rewards spectacle.

But even the calmest fire has secrets. Hidden beneath Sol's composure is a quiet, growing crush on Mike Chang-something she keeps carefully tucked away, knowing that wanting something softly in a world this loud can be just as dangerous as wanting it loudly. Sun Between Fire is a story about chosen family, restrained strength, and the kind of love that grows in the in-between-warm, patient, and impossible to ignore.