Before the Sun Touches the Sea

Kalel is twenty-two years old and running out of reasons to stay. A betrayal, a crash, and three days in the ICU later, he wakes up knowing one thing: everything has to change. The solution comes stapled to a university bulletin board - two months volunteering in the mountains of Thailand. Not an escape. A purpose. At least, that's what he tells himself. But before he leaves, his oldest friend Charles becomes something he never planned for.
What starts as one reckless night turns into an intimacy Kalel has no language for - and no idea whether he's brave enough to face. In Thailand, he meets Sanchai - steady, quiet, the kind of present that asks nothing and takes up too much space to ignore. For the first time in years, something feels like it might be worth holding on to. But the past has a way of finding forwarding addresses. And the voice that says you're mine like it's a fact rather than a threat doesn't stay silent for long.
Before the Sun Touches the Sea is a story about what it means to let someone in after you've been taken apart - and what you choose to carry when you finally understand how little time you have.