Still With You

Five years ago, Elara Laurent left home carrying a broken heart she never truly spoke about.

Now, at twenty-four, she lives alone in London, working as an editor by day and writing stories beneath moonlight by night. Her life is stable, successful, carefully built - everything she once dreamed of.

Except for the part that still aches.

Hundreds of miles away in Manchester, Jeremy Sinclair spends his days inside hospital corridors and operating rooms, saving lives while quietly ignoring the emptiness inside his own. He achieved everything he worked for too - medical school, surgical training, independence.

But some people never really leave you.

When Christmas pulls both of them back to their hometown after years of silence, old memories begin slipping through the cracks they worked so hard to seal. Late-night texts turn into unfinished conversations, lingering glances become dangerous again, and suddenly the distance between "almost" and "still" doesn't feel so safe anymore.

Because no matter how much time passes, some hearts remain exactly where they were left.

Still with you.