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Jonah Wells has loved Y/N for years. He loves her in repaired taillights, late-night phone calls, remembered coffee orders, and hoodies he pretends not to notice she steals. He loves her silently, carefully, and from a distance—because she is his best friend’s little sister, and he made a promise never to cross that line. To Y/N, Jonah has always been constant. The man who shows up without being asked. The safe place she runs to whenever someone else breaks her heart. She has no idea that every time she leans against him, he forgets how to breathe. When Y/N returns home after another painful breakup, the familiar space between them begins to change. Lingering touches become harder to ignore. Jonah’s jealousy slips through the cracks. And for the first time, Y/N begins to wonder whether the man she has spent years searching for has been standing beside her all along. But Jonah has built his entire life around wanting her without taking her. And when another man offers Y/N the kind of open, uncomplicated love Jonah has always been too afraid to give, he must decide whether keeping his promise is worth losing her forever.