Before she was his muse, she was his favorite fight.

Elias never meant to fall in love with Sophia — the quiet girl with poetry tucked behind her eyes and silence stitched into her smile. What began as teasing banter slowly unraveled into something intimate, something raw.

Through whispered late-night calls, handmade gifts, and poems that never made it to the page, they built a world only they could understand. A world soft enough to hide in — but not strong enough to survive the weight of reality.

But love, no matter how honest, doesn’t always mean forever.

The Ink That Fades is a slow-burning, emotionally charged love story told through first-person prose, lyrical dialogue, and aching honesty. It's a story of what it means to hold on, to let go, and to carry someone in the margins long after the chapter has ended.

For anyone who’s ever loved quietly, broken loudly, or written poems no one else was meant to read.