Somewhere between friends

Maya and Sebastian have always existed in the safe space between almost and never. Late night study sessions, shared beds after parties, inside jokes no one else understood. For more than three years they've called it friendship-and ignored the way their heart beats a little faster when the other one is too close.

But college has a way of changing things. For both better and worse.

When the future starts pulling them in different directions, the lines they swore they'd never cross begin to blur. Jealousy sneaks in. Touches linger. Every look feels like a question neither of them is brave enough to ask.

Because if they're wrong, they lose everything. And if they're right... they risk the one relationship they can't imagine living without.

Somewhere between friends is a slow-burn, friends-to-lovers college romance about timing, fear, and the kind of love that feels like home-until it sets you on fire.