YC

Mabel Pearcey has always been good at pretending she’s fine. Whenever something hurts, she avoids eye contact, disappears into another room and insists nothing is wrong. But Ethan, her sweet and protective boyfriend of three years, knows her too well to believe her. He can read every tiny change in her, even when she refuses to admit she’s upset. When the pressure of working on a major film finally becomes too much, Mabel breaks down and admits the truth she’s been hiding: she never wanted Ethan to have to deal with her problems. Ethan has one thing he needs her to understand—loving her isn’t something he has to deal with. He wants to be there, especially on the days when she isn’t okay.