Fragile Lives: Slow burn, age gap romance

"You're the only thing holding me together. And they all know that." Leila I was born in this small town, and I knew one day, no matter what I did to prevent it, I'd die here, alone. What I didn't account for was my brother's mysterious, dark, damaged friend coming to town and making his way into everyone's hearts. But his years serving in the Navy seem to cause him a different level of damage that no one else sees: one that hides on the inside and scars deeper. He's older. He's a mess. Hid...