Shadow Between Us

Some people don't change because they want to.

They change because life leaves them with no other choice.

CHANDRA MEHRA is one of them.

A girl who barely trusts people anymore, yet still finds herself caring for them. She believes love exists, but no longer wishes to fall in love. She loves conversations, yet spends most of her days wrapped in silence.

But she wasn't always like this.

Once, she talked like a little parrot, smiled as if nothing in the world could ever break her, and believed every person was an innocent creation of God.

Then, two years ago...

Everything changed.

She lost every person she called home.

Not because she was wrong.

Not because she deserved it.

Her only mistake was having a heart too pure for a world that mistook kindness for weakness.

And then there's
ADITYA SRIVASTAVA

A twenty-five-year-old psychology professor known for his cold demeanor, sharp words, and unreadable expressions. Students see him as rude. Colleagues call him distant.

Very few have ever seen him smile.

But beneath that calm exterior lives a man who was once the complete opposite.

He was sunshine.

He was laughter.

He was the kind of person who made everyone around him feel alive.

Until one incident stole that version of him forever.

Now, both of them carry wounds no one can see.

One hides behind silence.

The other hides behind indifference.

Both have forgotten what it feels like to truly live.

But what really happened two years ago?

What shattered two beautiful souls so completely that they became strangers to themselves?

Can two broken hearts help each other remember who they once were?

Can love become a home instead of another goodbye?

Or are some scars simply too deep to heal?

Sometimes...

The people who understand your silence are the ones carrying the loudest storms within themselves.

And perhaps, just perhaps...

Home isn't a place.

It's a person who chooses to stay.