The Space Between

Some feelings don't announce themselves. They just quietly take up all the space.

Saoirse has spent six years being Soren's person - his emergency contact, his 2am call, his closest friend. She's made peace with what she feels for him, or at least she's convinced herself she has.

Then his brother comes home.

Zephyr isn't warm. Isn't easy. Keeps everyone at exactly the right distance with the kind of practiced precision that tells her he's very deliberately keeping something out. She doesn't pl...