Sharon_nthelse
Adrian Vale exists in the quiet spaces between expectations and exhaustion. The boy everyone relies on, but no one truly knows. He smiles when it's required, shows up when he's needed, and keeps his pain tucked away where no one thinks to look. Then there is Mason Carter, his best friend of six years, who is chaos, laughter, and noise wrapped in loyalty and Isla Monroe, who somehow sees too much and not enough at the same time.
High school was supposed to be temporary, Ordinary and forgettable until it wasn't because some bonds don't break cleanly, some truths don't arrive gently and some lives don't wait for permission before they start falling apart.