I had everything figured out.
The perfect body.
The perfect image.
The life people would kill for.
Then my diagnosis ripped it all away.
Now I’m counting carbs instead of calories, hiding medical devices under designer clothes, and pretending I’m still the same girl everyone loved.
But I’m not.
Matteo knew me before. Before the diagnosis. Before everything changed. He was the hot guy who somehow became my best friend… then the one person who stayed when my life fell apart.
He learned my disease before I did. Showed up when I didn’t ask him to and carried me through the moments, I couldn’t handle on my own.
He doesn’t try to fix me. He doesn’t make promises. And he doesn’t play it safe. But when I’m with him, I don’t feel broken.
Julian is everything I used to want; successful, polished, and safe. The kind of man who makes my life feel steady again. The kind of man I should choose.
One gives me a future I can plan. The other makes me feel something I can’t control. The problem? I’m not sure I’ll survive picking the wrong one.
Tropes:
Forced proximity/roommates
Slow burn
He falls first
Protective hero
Broken heroine/ identity loss
Chronic illness representation
Found family
Grumpy x sunshine
Love triangle
Genre: Romance
The perfect body.
The perfect image.
The life people would kill for.
Then my diagnosis ripped it all away.
Now I’m counting carbs instead of calories, hiding medical devices under designer clothes, and pretending I’m still the same girl everyone loved.
But I’m not.
Matteo knew me before. Before the diagnosis. Before everything changed. He was the hot guy who somehow became my best friend… then the one person who stayed when my life fell apart.
He learned my disease before I did. Showed up when I didn’t ask him to and carried me through the moments, I couldn’t handle on my own.
He doesn’t try to fix me. He doesn’t make promises. And he doesn’t play it safe. But when I’m with him, I don’t feel broken.
Julian is everything I used to want; successful, polished, and safe. The kind of man who makes my life feel steady again. The kind of man I should choose.
One gives me a future I can plan. The other makes me feel something I can’t control. The problem? I’m not sure I’ll survive picking the wrong one.
Tropes:
Forced proximity/roommates
Slow burn
He falls first
Protective hero
Broken heroine/ identity loss
Chronic illness representation
Found family
Grumpy x sunshine
Love triangle
Genre: Romance
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