𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒔 𝑩𝒂𝒚 | 𝑱𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑲𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒊𝒏 𝒙 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓
9 parts Ongoing MatureA new apartment was supposed to mean a clean slate. You didn't plan on inheriting two roommates, a whole friend group, and a boy who watches you like you're a question he's afraid to ask.
The people you meet feel close, too close, bound by something they don't talk about and change the subject to avoid.
But Jean Kirstein is different. He keeps his distance, guarded and sharp, yet somehow you keep running into the version of him he doesn't show anyone else.
Not on purpose.
Not at first.
Late-night hang-outs, unexplained tension, and the sense that everyone is holding their breath around you pull you deeper into things you were never supposed to notice. And while you try to build your own new beginning, you can't shake the feeling that this group's past is catching up to all of you.
Because starting over is easy, until the past you didn't want to remember existing starts looking you in the eyes.
Especially when those eyes belong to Jean.