Daily life is a mundane task that all must suffer, but only until it is taken from you. For some, that involves the absence of existence or death. For others, it leads to disappearance. And for the people who frolicked away from either of the aforementioned, it means nothing.
Unfortunately, all of those are incorrect. Rather, they mean the loss of the life of someone near to you. Someone who shares your heart, each half pumping blood to either person whilst welding its self and the people into one living, breathing creature that humanity called "Love," or if you will, "True Love".
This is my story. It is the story of two young Innamorati who suffered a hamartia so great, it split the universe. This is the story of Carter and Ophelia.
~"You don't- you don't need me."
I stared in shock. This was the first shred of emotion he'd shown since he started avoiding me, and I had no idea how to respond. What was I supposed to say to something like that? So I let myself be honest, and I told him exactly how I felt. "But I do." I almost choked on my words. "I do need you. I can't talk to anybody else. I can't eat. I can't sleep. And I know you know what that's like."~
Liliana is now an orphan. Just 17 years old, she lost her parents in a boating accident and now she must live with her best friend, her best friend's parents and her best friend's brother, Joseph. She struggles through her grief as well as dealing with the mysterious but obnoxious Joseph, and it soon comes to light that he isn't the only one around her keeping secrets. Living under the same roof, tensions arise, and Liliana begins to discover that a perfect family may not be so perfect after all."
If you like a good old slowburn, enemies (ish) to lovers, bonding over tragic backstories type beat then this story is for you, I promise :)
#1 in #bestfriendsbrother (didn't note the exact date - some time in January 2021)
#1 in #dealing with death (11/04/21)
amazing cover by @sixty6ix !!