Bluebird

Brynn Lawson didn't come home to stay. After walking away from the life she thought she wanted and the person who broke her heart, she returns to her quiet hometown with one rule: this is temporary. No rebuilding. No reconnecting. And definitely no falling in love.

But small towns don't let you disappear. Every street holds a memory. Every conversation feels like a question she doesn't want to answer. And then there's Tyler Owens, the one person she didn't plan on seeing again. Easygoing, steady, and frustratingly impossible to avoid. He reminds her of a version of herself she's been trying to forget.

The more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to keep her walls intact. As old feelings resurface and new ones begin to take shape, Brynn is forced to confront the truth she's been avoiding: maybe the risk isn't falling in love again, maybe it's letting herself try.

**story cover made by the lovely elliekayfiction**