Between the Past, Present and the Maybe

There are no heroes here.
No villains either.

Just people.

People who love badly sometimes.
People who try.
People who fail.
People who hurt each other while still meaning every "I love you" they say.

Set between overnight shifts, city lights, coffee cups, panic attacks, office politics, children, debts, desires, trauma, and the exhausting reality of adulthood, this story follows Vera as she navigates the impossible space between safety and intensity, peace and chaos, loyalty and longing.

Noah feels like home.
Adrian feels like fire.
And Vera is left trying to understand what love actually means when real life enters the room.

This book is based on real events, real conversations, and real emotional contradictions. Nothing here is polished to be morally comfortable. The characters are flawed, selfish, loving, irrational, tender, manipulative, loyal, wounded, and sometimes all of those things at once.

You will probably disagree with them.
You may even dislike them at times.

That is intentional.

Because this story is not meant to be an escape from reality.

It is reality.

Messy, intimate, emotionally exhausting reality-where people do not always heal correctly, where closure is imperfect, where love alone is not always enough, and where choosing the "right" thing can still break your heart.

If you are looking for perfect romance, this is not that story.

But if you have ever loved someone while trying to survive yourself at the same time-
welcome.