by ArmoredaftertheAche
She has always been the one who loves harder. From childhood she learned that love had to be earned-- through loyalty, devotion, and giving more than she ever received. So she grows into a woman who pours herself into men who don't know how to hold her. She shows them they are worthy. She gives them the love she's always wanted. And every time, they leave. When she meets a man who finally looks at her like he truly sees her, it feels different. Electric. Dangerous. Real. But he is emotionally unavailable, addicted to attention, and unwilling to risk his heart -- even as she risks hers completely. He wants her in his bed, but not in his future. As hope turns into obsession and vulnerability spirals into panic, she's forced to confront the question that has followed her, her entire life. Why am I never the one choose? Between the Armor and the Ache is a raw, psychological romance about attachment, self-worth, and the devastating ache of loving someone who cannot love you back -- and the terrifying possibility that the hardest person to walk away from isn't him... it's the version of yourself that keeps staying.
