Late Summer 🌤💮

Aiden has spent years perfecting the art of keeping people at a distance.
His days are predictable: long walks with his dog Milo, quiet afternoons, and the comfort of routines that never ask too much of him. Keeping his world small is easy. Safe.
Then a soccer ball changes everything.
Marcus is outgoing, stubbornly friendly, and impossible to ignore. What begins as an accidental encounter in a neighborhood park slowly becomes a series of conversations, shared walks, and a friendship neither of them sees coming. As summer drifts toward autumn, Marcus finds himself drawn to the quiet boy who always seems to have one foot out the door, while Aiden discovers that some people are harder to leave behind than others.
But getting close to someone means risking the one thing Aiden fears most: losing them.