PaoZuni
Falling for Harry Harwood is a slow-burn romcom set in a quiet English village. It follows Nat, a girl from Miami who is about to finish her Master's degree in Creative Writing at the University of Manchester and is very much supposed to be planning her next big move.
The story begins in the summer, when her friend Emma Harwood invites her to stay with her and her family while they finish their dissertations. It's meant to be temporary. A pause. A sensible plan. But Disley has a habit of slowing things down - and Nat quickly discovers that "just for the summer" is harder to stick to than expected. Especially when Emma's older brother enters the picture.
Harry Harwood runs the family café. He's calm, reserved, quietly observant, and completely distracting. Nat notices him. Tries not to. Fails spectacularly.
Between dissertation deadlines, shared meals, village routines, and more time at the café than strictly necessary, Nat finds herself slipping into a life she never planned. She's decoding Harry one look at a time, growing closer to the Harwoods, and slowly falling for a place that was never meant to feel like home. And just when everything starts to feel easy, real life - and the future she thought she wanted - comes knocking.
**This story is currently being edited.**