❝Dear agony, I feel nothing anymore.❞

TW: suicidal thoughts, child abuse, bullying

"Well, that's a name I haven't heard in a while," a voice calls out behind me.

It's familiar. Hauntingly familiar. I felt like I'd been thrust back to being a 17-year-old again hearing that voice. The hairs on the back of my head stand and I nearly drop my freshly made mango smoothie. I don't want to look back, but my head is already turning like it's on autopilot. And then... I see him. Standing there, in a suit that looks like it was made to be worn only by him and glasses that compliment his warm smile. I can feel the blood rushing to my cheeks as my heart races.

"Andrew?" I whisper.

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One summer and a chance encounter thrust two old friends back into each other's lives. And as they reminisce on the past while trying to catch up in the present, the pair begin to experience feelings that have long been kept hidden away. But will the two young men embrace these feelings? Or is it too late to even try?

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What would you do if your world suddenly came crashing down?

If everything that you have ever loved was stripped away from you so suddenly that you were unable to stop it?

Well that's exactly what happened to Mariana Jones.

Living in Los Angeles, she had a good childhood, good family and good life, but all this changed the day her father died.

Her life took an unexpected turn when her mother had to pay off remaining debt to the mafia, but because of grief and hardships, she was unable to meet the deadline and they had to pay the price.

Kidnapped and feeling like all hope is lost, Mariana is later rescued by Micah Pérez and they manage to escape the clutches of the Mafia, but there's no time to relax as Mariana has a deadly virus inserted in her system which is like a ticking time bomb on her life.

They set out to find a cure while also getting closer to each other. Will the two lovebirds be able to make their relationship last, under the circumstances that they are in?