Elias was 19 when one night changed the shape of his future.

He had learned how to stay quiet. How to watch from a distance. How to smile at the right moments and keep the truth safely hidden behind his eyes.

But Amir made that impossible.

At the party, everything felt too bright, too loud, too close to ending. People laughed, danced, pretended. Elias tried to do the same — until he realised he could not keep living as someone else.

So he made a choice.

He would find Amir. He would ask. He would risk the answer.

But things are seldom that simple.

When Elias finally saw him, Amir was dancing with a girl. Their eyes met across the room, and something in Elias cracked. What had felt like a night of possibility suddenly turned into a nightmare.

He gave up and fled the party.

Still, that was not the end.

Looking back, Elias is full of gratitude for what life brought him at the very moment when he no longer had the strength to continue alone.

One last song. One last chance.