The Wrong Route

Two borders. Two religions. One completely derailed plan.
Sam Khan is fifteen, living in Dhaka, and completely, hopelessly in love with a voice on his phone. Prem Das is seventeen, born in Bangladesh but living in India, and the only person who truly understands Sam. What started as a late-night online friendship quickly turns into an intense, unspoken bond that neither knows how to label.
When Prem returns to Dhaka for the festive chaos of Durga Puja, Sam cooks up a wild idea to survive the nerves of their first real-world encounter: Let's pretend to be a couple on our first outing just to make people jealous.
It was supposed to be a game. A fun distraction. But when the lines between acting and reality begin to blur under the neon lights and concrete pillars of the Dhaka Metro Rail station, a bouquet of sunflowers changes everything.
They planned a fake route to guard their hearts. They didn't expect the wrong route to lead them exactly where they belonged.