SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE by CEE YANG

A new job.

A new city.

And, a flirty childhood best friend.

Julie Lo’s new interior design job leads her to relocate to a new city. But, it’s the familiar presence of her childhood friend—Andy K. Hughes—that steals the spotlight. They are roommates, after all.

They grew up with their lives deeply interwoven, thanks to their moms’ unbreakable friendship. As two adults now living together, nostalgia reignites as they build Legos projects brick by brick, share movie nights and car rides, and rediscover the magic of falling back in love with old hobbies. All as they live and work in proximity.

Julie is finally happy with her life again after moving away from a city that never welcomed her. In Santa Mariana, things feel just right. But life takes an unexpected turn after a date with “Mr. Perfect.” She also discovers Andy has been in love with a college friend for the last decade.

All this tips the axis of her world when she realizes that maybe that old teenage secret crush she used to have on him hasn’t completely dimmed out.

Will Julie seize this opportunity and muster the courage to do what she should have done years ago?


Tropes:
Childhood Friends to Lovers
Cohabitation
Falling in love with the boy next door

Trigger Warnings: Mention of controlling and/or emotionally abusive relationships, parent death, and grief.