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In a world where feelings are rarely said out loud, Luna Everhart has always lived too closely with her emotions-feeling everything, controlling nothing, and overthinking the space between what people show and what they mean.
Everything begins to shift when she meets April Ashbourne.
April is dominant in presence but distant in nature-an androgynous, quiet figure who rarely speaks more than necessary and never explains herself. To others, she seems untouchable, self-contained, and emotionally unavailable. She pulls away when things get too intimate, choosing distance over vulnerability, control over connection.
But Luna starts to notice the contradictions.
The more she gets pulled into April's world, the clearer it becomes that April doesn't simply "not care." She cares too much-just not in ways that are easy to see. She withdraws when emotions intensify, yet never truly lets go. She pays attention when she pretends not to. She disappears when things feel too close, but lingers in ways that feel impossible to ignore.
And when Luna starts drifting toward other people, April notices.
Silently. Sharply. Uncomfortably.
Around them are the ones who keep everything from falling apart-or quietly falling into place. Sloane, who sees more than she reveals. Josh, who understands silence better than words. And Elena, who tries to keep Luna grounded when her emotions begin to pull her too far out of reach.
What begins as distance slowly turns into tension, and what feels like avoidance starts revealing something far more complicated underneath it-attachment that refuses to be named, jealousy that is never admitted, and a connection neither of them knows how to leave or hold properly.
Because April doesn't chase.
But she also doesn't let go.