Stares and Star

Adam Elio Sinforoso is the kind of person people can't help but stare at.

Campus favorite. Dancer. Sexy laugh, sharp eyes, dangerous smile. He walks through life like the world was made to notice him.

And unfortunately for Dawn Haven Casilda, she notices him too much.

Every look. Every touch. Every stupid little thing he does somehow stays stuck inside her head longer than it should.

Which is a problem.

Because Adam is her friend.

Because he already has someone.

Because he's gay.

And because Dawn knows better than to mistake his natural sweetness for something more.

But the closer they get, the harder it becomes to ignore the lingering stares, the confusing tension, and the way Adam keeps looking at her like he knows something she doesn't.

Maybe some people are meant to shine like stars.

And maybe some people are doomed to keep staring at them until it hurts.

Told entirely from Dawn's point of view, Stares and Star is a chaotic, emotionally messy slowburn filled with friendship, jealousy, tension, humor, longing, and feelings that were never supposed to exist in the first place.