"Not Me, Not Him." BL NOVEL INTRODUCTION

“Every promise feels holy until it starts to break you.”

Description:

Eliseo doesn't think of himself in the first person. To him, Eliseo is just a boy with too many bruises, too many half-memories, and a best friend who never speaks. Mason.

They've spent their lives breaking into places they don't belong. Parks at midnight, abandoned hospitals, each other's skin. Cigarettes, blood, and silence bind them tighter than any promise ever could.

But Eliseo is starting to forget things. Pieces of his past vanish, leaving only flashes: Mason's red hair under a streetlight, the taste of iron on his tongue, a knife slicing a little too deep. And through it all, one question echoes: 

If nothing is real, then what is their friendship?

This is not a love story.
And yet, it is.

Themes: boys love, trauma bonds, mental illness, blood.

Author note: Chapters 1-4 being posted immediately following this ;D PLEASE LEAVE FEEDBACK THIS IS THE FIRST THING IVE WRITTEN SINCE 2021 ;(