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Katie Wilmot is a symphony of hollow bones and piano chords, starving herself until there's nothing left to break. She wants Patrick Feely with a desperation that makes her lungs ache, but she's terrified of the crash. She sees the boy drowning in a bottle and the hollow warmth of too many girls who don't know his name. To Katie, loving a drunk feels like a slow way to die, and she's already halfway there. So, she runs straight into the arms of Hughie Biggs, Patrick's best friend. Hugh is safe and shallow; he likes her company and the distraction, but his heart doesn't beat for her.
But Patrick is a storm that no amount of alcohol can drown out.
He's a wreck of nicotine and cheap whiskey, forced to watch the girl he'd burn the world for settle for a boy who doesn't even know she's shattering. He loves Hugh like a brother, but he loves Katie with his entire being. Every time he sees them together, it's a fresh cut to a soul that's already scarred over. He hides his shaking hands in his pockets and his heart behind meaningless flings, too cowardly to admit that his fear of commitment is just a fear of being the reason she finally breaks. He's the boy who wants her but can't reach her, trapped in a silence where the only thing more addictive than the drink is the sight of her loving someone else.
It's the devastating math of three hearts that don't add up: a girl too scared to be loved, a boy too drunk to be chosen, and a friend caught in the middle who doesn't realize he's holding the only thing that could save them both.