63 parts Complete Mature⋆。˚ ✩ "I hope I die first," I blurt out. "Then I won't have to know what it's like to live without you again." ✩ ˚。⋆
Sixteen-year-old Astra Sakoli is piecing herself back together after losing almost everything. After a stay at a mental health unit, she's trying to discover who she is in the real world.
Living with her caring but overprotective uncle, rebuilding trust with her reckless brother, and hiding the scars of her past. It feels like surviving, not living.
Then, she meets Miles Jasper.
Messy-haired, music-obsessed,
frustratingly patient Miles.
The boy who plays his hurt into a guitar and sees right through her defences.
He's everything she never thought she deserved: steady, kind, and stubborn enough to stay even when she pushes him away.
But love can't erase the past... and Astra's past isn't done with her yet.
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A raw, hopeful YA story about love, mental health, healing, messy families, and two teens learning how to breathe again.
Content Warning: This story contains themes of self-harm, suicide, childhood abuse, past trauma, and addiction. Please take care of yourself while reading.