jagged and weak | frank langdon
Brooke Sterling has spent years learning how to survive the emergency department at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center, and the trap rooms in her own mind.
Brooke is a senior resident under long-term psychiatric watch: steady hands, controlled breathing, one dose of clonazepam at a time. The medication keeps the monsters in her mind quiet, but it also leaves her feeling like a shell of herself. She doesn't like it.
Only one person has ever known the full story. Only one person knows the entire truth: Frank Langdon.
When Brooke discovers Frank has been stealing benzodiazepines from the hospital, the life they built together over years fractures overnight. His mistake sends him to rehab for ten months. Ten months Brooke must survive without the one person who always understood her. Or the only person she thought truly understood her.
Told in short chapters, Jagged and Weak follows those ten months, and the fragile weeks after, as two people learn what it means to break, rebuild, and decide if love deserves a second chance.