Their connection hits fast, and something dangerous follows.
Chiara's obsession with the guy on the bus is driving her mad. When she finally speaks to him, everything shatters.
Jasper is terrified, confused, and drawn to her for reasons he can't explain.
Their bus ride turns into a nightmare. Passengers stop acting human. Their reality devolves into fog and doors that open to places that can't exist.
Every moment feels like a countdown they cannot see.
Why would fate have them meet, just to immediately try to rip them apart?
ABOUT
Beneath the Urban Stars is a thriller romance novella written by Venezuelan author Beatrice Lebrun.
It is a bi x bi descent into dreams, obsessions, and unraveling realities, where she falls first and he falls harder. Both characters are neurodivergent, confused, and desperate to understand a world that keeps breaking around them, racing against a ticking clock they cannot see.
It is a story about connection in the wrong place, danger in the routine, and two people who were never meant to meet but cannot let each other go.
content warnings
Obsessive limerence
Allusions to past suicide attempts (not specified)
Sleep paralysis
Romanticization of dangerous behavior
Hallucinations
Derealization
Non-specific mental illness
HPD
BDP
Depression
Suicidal ideation
