“When He Looked at Me First” isn’t a fairy-tale romance.
It’s the soft, slow, truthful story of two real people who find each other at the exact moment they’re forgetting themselves.
Trisha is the girl who hides her heart inside notebooks.
She’s the “good daughter,” the “good student,” the “good girl” who’s quietly falling apart under the pressure to be perfect.
Her world is small… and suffocating.
Shashank is the boy who carries responsibility like it’s stitched into his skin.
Smart, focused, grounded the kind of guy who works twice as hard because his parents gave him everything with half the resources. He stays silent about his struggles, keeps his emotions folded neatly, and chooses kindness even when life isn’t kind back.
They don’t fall in love loudly.
No drama. No glitter.
This book isn’t about perfection.
It’s about brown kids, middle-class dreams, insecurities, healing, small wins, soft moments, and learning that sometimes one person can make you feel seen for the first time.
If you’ve ever felt invisible…
If you’ve ever been scared to take up space…
If you’ve ever felt flawed, ordinary, or “not enough”…
this story will sit next to you like a friend and say,
“Look again. You’re more than you think.”
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