When We Were Still Ours

Tripp Derrickson has spent four years building the life he is supposed to want: top grades, a promising future, and Aaron-the boyfriend who has loved him through every late night and impossible deadline. But when the pressure becomes too much, Tripp begins escaping into anonymous encounters he cannot bring himself to confess. Aaron can feel Tripp pulling away. Lonely and desperate to be seen, he finds an unexpected connection with Casey, a stranger who makes him remember the version of himself he thought he had lost.
As both men cross lines they never planned to cross, the relationship that once felt certain begins to fracture under the weight of two hidden lives. Told in alternating points of view, When We Were Still Ours is an emotionally raw, explicit M/M romance about desire, betrayal, and the painful question of whether love can survive after trust is broken.