Childhood Sweethearts

Growing up together, Autumn and Nolan Pierce were inseparable. She was the sarcastic, book-loving nerd who always had a clever comeback ready, while Nolan was the fearless troublemaker who could convince her to sneak out of her bedroom window at midnight. Somewhere between childhood adventures, stolen kisses, and promises about their future, best friends became childhood sweethearts.

Then Autumn moved away.

There was no dramatic breakup or explosive fight-just distance, unanswered messages, and two teenagers slowly becoming strangers. Autumn buried herself in school and books, convincing herself that Nolan Pierce was nothing more than her first love and a chapter she'd already finished.

Years later, Autumn returns to her hometown for college.

She expects familiar streets, old memories, and maybe a few awkward reunions.

She doesn't expect Nolan.

The sweet boy she remembers has grown into the guy everyone warns her about. Tall, tattooed, and carrying a reputation for trouble, Nolan has fully embraced the bad-boy image. He skips classes when he feels like it, gets into fights he refuses to explain, and wears a permanent smirk that makes Autumn want to throw something at him.

And Nolan quickly discovers that Autumn isn't the shy little bookworm who left him behind either. She's confident, stubborn, unapologetically nerdy, and armed with enough sarcasm to challenge him at every turn.

Their first reunion proves one thing immediately: the chemistry between them never disappeared.

Nolan wants to know why Autumn really left-and why she stopped talking to him. Autumn wants to know what happened to the sweet boy she once loved. Neither of them intends to fall for the other again.

This time, though, they're not kids making promises about forever.

They have to decide whether their first love belongs in the past...

or whether coming home was Autumn's chance to finally finish the love story they started years ago.