When The Lights Found Us

She writes love stories for a living.
She never expected to become one.

At a bookstore signing, Marley Statler notices him before he ever speaks.

A quiet man lingering in the fantasy section.
Dark sunglasses. A cap pulled low.
Not reading-just... waiting.

When he finally approaches her table, he's polite. Soft-spoken.
Careful.

He says his name is Jae.

And Marley doesn't think twice about it.

Until he comes back.

Until conversations turn into late-night messages.
Until something simple begins to feel......