Whole before we met — Chapters

Complete Chapters: 15

Two people already rich in friendship and selfhood—Kira with her girls and Aleem with his bros—fall into a gentle, unhurried love that doesn’t rescue them from loneliness, but chooses them anyway, whole before they ever met.

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Chapter 1 Girls Who Love Loudly
Chapter 2 Brotherhood, Unapologetically
Chapter 3 Orbiting the Same Room
Chapter 4 Noticing the Green Flags
Chapter 5 Coffee, Not a Date
Chapter 6 Lives That Continue
Chapter 7 The First Touch
Chapter 8 Choosing Friends First
Chapter 9 When Misunderstanding Comes
Chapter 10 Quiet Reconciliation
Chapter 11 Being Chosen, Gently
Chapter 12 Integration, Not Replacement
Chapter 13 Love Without Fear
Chapter 14 Whole, Together
Chapter 15 Epilogue — Still Whole