Where you're meant to be (Promise me ~ The College years)

After a brutal assault derails her freshman year, Luna returns to campus determined to finish what she started, but she’s no longer the person she used to be. Once vibrant and fearless, she now moves through life guarded and distant, flinching from touch and haunted by memories she can’t escape. Every step forward feels like a battle against fear, shame, and the quiet voice inside her that insists she’ll never be whole again.

The last person she expects to find solace in is Liam, the boy she once adored, now grown into a star quarterback carrying burdens of his own. Beneath his confidence lies a man struggling to define himself outside of his father’s towering legacy and to make amends for the selfish choices that fractured his relationship with Luna.

But neither of them has to face the aftermath alone.

Surrounded by their tight-knit, lifelong friends and family—Theo, Lily, Ella, Amy, and Noah—the two are surrounded by a fiercely loyal found family that refuses to let them fall apart. Together, they form a circle of late-night confessions, hard truths, laughter, and unwavering support. In this imperfect but unbreakable group, Luna begins to rediscover pieces of herself she thought were gone forever, while Liam is challenged to grow into the man he wants to be.

What begins as a tentative reconnection between Luna and Liam soon deepens into something more… something fragile, complicated, and achingly real. With him, Luna feels a flicker of safety. With her, Liam sees the possibility of redemption. But healing isn’t linear, and love isn’t always enough to outrun the past.

As Luna fights to reclaim her sense of self and Liam confronts the weight of expectation and regret, they must decide if they’re strong enough to face the truth about what happened, about who they are, and about what they could be together.

Because some wounds cut too deep to ignore…
and some connections are too powerful to let go.

Tropes to love:
Childhood crush
Found family
Friends to Lovers
College Romance
Sports Romance
Trauma and healing
Best friend's little sister