RAINFALL

Savannah doesn't know if grief changed her— or if it only stripped away the illusion that she was ever whole.

Since her mother's death, she's been unraveling. Pills blur the ache. Silence hides the truth. To her dad, she's distant. To her friends, she's fine. To Ethan, her boyfriend, she's a ghost of the girl he remembers.

Then there's Cole. All sharp edges and quiet shadows, he doesn't try to drag her back into the light. He meets her in the dark. He sees the pieces she can't hold together—and, for a moment, she feels almost alive again.

But grief doesn't let go easily.

And addiction doesn't steal all at once. It waits in the cracks, takes root in the silence… until it becomes the only thing left to hold.