Esse

Bronwyn has mastered the art of appearing stable. Her days are structured, her life neatly contained within routines that leave no room for mistakes. It's how she's survived--by keeping everything controlled, quiet, and just out of reach.

Then she meets Callaway.

He's supposed to be nothing more than a passing distraction--a drink at a bar, a number exchanged, a few nights that don't mean anything. But Callaway lingers. In her routine. In her thoughts. In the spaces she's spent years keeping locked down. What starts as casual quickly becomes complicated, especially when Bronwyn realizes he's not who she thought he was, and that being around him makes it harder to keep pretending she's okay.

As their connection deepens, so do the cracks in the life she's built. Old trauma resurfaces. Friends begin to question her. And the careful systems she relies on start to slip, one missed step at a time.

Because the truth is, Bronwyn doesn't know how to want someone without losing herself in the process.

And this time, walking away might not be enough to put her back together.