Chapter
Chapters
Chapter one:Eva
Chapter Two: Still Here
Chapter Three:Noah
Chapter four:The weight of coming back
Chapter Five: The Things We Carry
Chapter Six: Starting Over
Chapter Seven: Cracks in the Frame
Chapter Eight— The Calm Before the Shift
Chapter Nine— The Weight of First Impressions
Chapter Ten— The Bottom of the Glass
Chapter Eleven:sharp Edges and Soft Lies
Chapter Twelve — What’s Left After the Noise
Chapter Thirteen — The Art of Pretending
Chapter 14 — Before the Fall
Chapter 15 — Distraction Fails Quietly
Chapter 16 — Fault Lines
Chapter 17 — All the Things Left Unsaid
Chapter 18 — A Quiet Kind of War
Chapter 19 — What’s Left Between Brothers
Chapter 20 — If You Say It Out Loud
Chapter 21 — The Weight of a Smile
Chapter 22 — The Morning After
Chapter 23 — Luke
Chapter 24 — Luke
Chapter 25 -sweet times
Chapter 26 — The Morning After
Chapter 27-shift in the dark
Chapter 28 — Fault Lines
Chapter 29 — Out of the Fog
Chapter 30
Rva
Chapter 32 That time
Chapter 33-moment
Chapter 34– Between the Rain and the Fire
Chapter 35 – The Truth That Changes Everything
Chapter 36 – The Ghost at the Door
Chapter 37 – Closer to the Flame
Chapter 38 – Shadows at the Edge
Chapter 39 – Edges We Can’t Cross
Chapter 40 – Fault Lines
Chapter 41 – Breach
Chapter 42 – Nowhere and Everywhere
Chapter 43 – Lines We Can’t Uncross
Chapter 44 – The Weight of the Storm
Chapter 45 – A Line They Can’t Uncross
Chapter 46 – The Longest Night
Chapter 47 — Fractures and Flames
Chapter 48 — The Edge Burns Away
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Chapter 21 — The Weight of a Smile
The café was tucked into a quiet corner of the city—warm lights glowing through tall windows, mismatched chairs, shelves of old books, and a small jazz trio playing soft in the background. It wasn’t fancy. It wasn’t loud.
It was right.
Noah watched Eva across the table, the flicker of candlelig...