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Y/N never expected anyone to hear their music. For years, they’ve been uploading original songs to YouTube from their bedroom, slowly building a small audience around lyrics that are far more honest than they are in real life. Then one song unexpectedly takes off—and somehow finds its way to Hayley Williams. What starts as a message about songwriting becomes late-night conversations, shared playlists, and a friendship neither of them quite knows what to call. Hayley understands the strange, lonely space Y/N is entering better than anyone, and Y/N finds it increasingly difficult to remember that the woman on the other side of the phone is someone they once watched on a screen. But falling for someone who has already lived the life you’re only beginning to dream about comes with its own complications. Because Y/N isn’t sure whether Hayley loves them for who they are—or for the parts of herself she recognizes in them. And Hayley is determined not to lose herself in someone else again. Sometimes loving someone means letting them become who they’re supposed to be. Even when you’re terrified they won’t choose you along the way.