Love & Loss

​"If I were to tell you that I'm actually terrified of dying... what would you do?"

​"Are you really going to die, Tara?"

​"Yes. Absolutely."

​Rohan has loved Tara in silence since they were teenagers sharing stolen glances in the high school library. Now, at twenty-seven, they are comfortable friends, and Rohan is finally gearing up to confess his feelings. He assumes they have all the time in the world to figure things out.

​The universe, however, has other plans.
​When twenty-five-year-old Tara receives a devastating, incurable diagnosis, the safety net of "someday" is ripped out from under them. Exhausted by hospitals and tests, Tara makes a choice: she doesn't want to spend her remaining days fighting a war she has already lost in sterile rooms. She wants to actually live before her time runs out.

​Putting aside his own shattering heartbreak, Rohan steps up. He cannot cure her, and he cannot stop the clock, but he makes her a single promise: he will stay right by her side and make sure every second she has left takes her breath away.

​Love and Loss is not a story about surviving. It is a story about the terrifying, beautiful courage it takes to love someone when you know exactly how the story ends.

​Story Details:-

​Genre: Teen Fiction / Romance / General Fiction

​Status: Ongoing

​Content Warning: Contains themes of terminal illness, grief, and emotional distress.