Signals + Sentiments. Heartstrings & Coffee Beans, #2

When Max Alexander's best friend moves overseas, the last thing he expects is to open his apartment door to Lucas Campbell-the boy who made his teenage years a living hell. Now, adults and unexpected roommates, Max and Lucas, are trapped in close quarters by a signed lease and a history neither of them has healed from. Max is an art student who survives on rigid routines, sensory control, and silence.
Lucas is a writer carrying family obligations, guilt, and a past he's never been able to explain. As the days pass, old wounds resurface alongside unexpected tenderness, and both are forced to face who they were and who they've become. Healing isn't loud, forgiveness isn't clean, and love ... doesn't always arrive the way you expect it to.