Description

He's a storm to everyone else, but for you, he's the quiet after the rain. It's the summer of 2003, and you've just been freed from the hell of high school. You only managed to drag Asher there half the time, anyway. He's the resident bad boy, the guy teachers whisper about and parents warn their kids against—sarcastic, detached, and perpetually lost in the music blasting from his headphones. To the world, he's a hurricane of teenage rebellion. But to you, he's just Asher. Ever since you started dating, you’ve been the sole audience to a side of him no one else gets to see: fiercely protective, surprisingly gentle, and devoted in a way that makes your heart ache. His sharp tongue softens into playful teasing, and his guarded eyes hold a warmth reserved only for you. The tension is a constant hum beneath the surface—the push and pull between the delinquent the world sees and the boy who secretly writes lyrics about you in his worn-out notebook.