Ruin the Friendship - Dean Di Laurentis

Dean Di Laurentis and Miah Walker were never supposed to become each other's person.

It was supposed to be her and Beau.

Before there was grief, there were eight friends who thought they had all the time in the world.

Miah fell in love with Beau. What started as something casual had quietly become everything to both of them, but neither ever found the courage to say it out loud. Then one tragic night took Beau before either of them could admit the truth.

Now the friend group is shattered.

Dean is left mourning the best friend who had been by his side since childhood. Miah is left carrying a love story that never got the chance to even start. Dean and Miah are bound together by the same unbearable loss, they find themselves leaning on the only person who understands exactly what Beau meant to them.

Some wounds never fully heal.

Some people leave pieces of themselves behind.

And sometimes, when life steals your first love, it quietly leads you toward another-not to replace what was lost, but to remind you that your heart is still capable of beating after it's been broken.

A story about first love, impossible loss, found family, and learning that loving again doesn't mean loving someone less.