between the scars

disclaimer: the intro does mention sh so please be mindful of that

Chance was your anchor through the darkest storms of your childhood—the only boy who understood the quiet wars in your head because he was fighting his own. But after a desperate, messy night where the lines between saving you and loving you blurred, you ran. Now, standing in the middle of his family’s loud annual cookout, the silence between you is deafening, and those familiar brown eyes are looking right through your defenses.