Even When You Fell Silent

Love wasn’t supposed to hurt like this. Jamie and Ben are the couple everyone roots for late-night coffees, whispered jokes in lecture halls, a future mapped out in stolen kisses and Halloween decorations. Campus life at UCD feels safe… until it doesn’t. A stranger’s attention lingers too long. An anonymous message lands with the wrong kind of interest. A shadow follows where joy used to be. When tragedy strikes on the night meant to celebrate their first year together, everything they built is thrown into uncertainty. But some connections don’t fade just because fear tries to silence them. Even in the quietest moments, love refuses to let go. A novel about found family, healing, and the kind of love that survives the unimaginable.