Harvesting Feelings is a short story of 16,600 words that delivers all the heart-aching tension of a friends-to-lovers college romance set in autumn. The problem? Denial is a powerful thing—especially when you're best friends, classmates, and the whole small Vermont university town can see you're meant for each other. As autumn paints the campus in gold and rust, two stubborn souls must finally surrender to the one thing they've been running from: each other.

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University of Vermont. Golden light spills through fogged coffee shop windows. Lake Champlain stretches grey at dawn, mist rising like breath.

Ainsley has spent three years cataloging leaf samples and pretending she doesn't notice the way her best friend's laugh makes her chest ache.

Ansel has spent those same years working the agricultural station's soil and carefully avoiding the truth that everyone around them already sees: they’re in love, but none has the courage to speak it up.

When Ainsley agrees to a double date with a charming architecture student named Perry, and Ansel reluctantly brings along a practical colleague from work, Kaur, neither expects the disaster that unfolds—or the buried history that erupts across the autumnal dinner table.

Ainsley is left questioning everything she thought she wanted. When she finally confesses her feelings, Ansel's silence cuts deeper than any rejection could. She flees into the November fog, convinced she's ruined everything. How can she ever look at him again? But Ansel has been hiding too—in his grandmother's cabin in the mountains where he goes to think...

Can two people who've spent years pretending finally find the courage to be honest with each other?

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This is the story for anyone who's ever watched their best friend date the wrong person and wondered why not me? For anyone who's convinced themselves they're fine while their heart knows otherwise. Harvesting Feelings delivers the fear of unrequited love, the relief of finally being honest, and the cozy magic of autumn in New England—crisp air, woodsmoke, and the quiet intimacy of two people who've always belonged together. Don't miss this heartwarming tale of confession, courage, and the harvest of feelings long overdue.

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