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The Train Sketcher

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Summary

Two seats. One train. A love story told in the time between stations. Elodie Cromwell edits other people's happily-ever-afters for a living. On Chicago's 7:12, she meets a quiet artist who sketches what the world almost misses-strangers' small graces, the curve of light on a window, the precise moment Elodie laughs. Tobias Finnegan is all easy smiles and closed sleeves, a thermos that passes for coffee and a sketchbook he never leaves behind. Their ritual begins with paper notes and inside jokes, grows into day trips and a list of "somedays," and-at last-becomes the kind of night that changes the shape of a life. They make one rule: no half-truths about feelings. But everyone gets to keep one secret. When Elodie stumbles on a folder that shouldn't exist, the life they've been drawing together tilts. On the very last page, she learns how love can be both a promise and a benediction-something you keep, even when you have to carry it forward alone. Tender, witty, and devastating in the best way, The Train Sketcher is a slow-burn city romance about ordinary miracles, the courage to say yes, and a final chapter you'll feel long after you close the book.

Status
Complete
Chapters
33
Rating
5.0 (2 reviews)
Age Rating
18+

Author Note:

Hello!

For those of you who follow me and have read all of my other stories will notice that this is much different than my other ones, and I really hope you'll enjoy this one as much as I enjoyed writing it!

For those of you who are new to my stories, hello! I hope you enjoy this story as well!

Just so you know this is a Contemporary, Tragic, Slow Burn Romance...

It's a Bittersweet, tragic, commuter train romance.

A Love Story as Inheritance

Strangers to lovers

Emotional/Angsty

Soft Golden Boy

Found Family with an Open Door Finale...

It's also a Single POV story with a Bonus Chapter that'll be the only POV in his voice.

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