august ends anyway - h.s

Every summer, she returns to the same beach house.

The same stretch of sand. The same ocean view. The same quiet routine she's known for years.

Until the summer Harry Styles moves in next door.

He's everything she's not-reckless, charming, impossible to figure out. The kind of person who turns strangers into friends and ordinary moments into memories. No matter how hard she tries to avoid him, Harry always seems to find his way back into her life.

What starts as chance encounters turns into late-night conversations, bonfires on the beach, and a spontaneous road trip that changes everything.

For the first time, she lets herself believe in something more.

But there's something Harry isn't telling her.

Something hidden behind every smile, every photograph he takes, every time he looks at her like he's trying to memorize her.

The closer they become, the more she realizes there are pieces of Harry's story that don't add up.

And when the truth finally comes out, she'll have to decide whether some people are meant to stay... or whether they were only ever meant to be a beautiful summer memory.

After all, some endings are written long before the story begins.