Before I Forget You

When Alex met Elliot, it was the beginning of a love story he never thought he'd have.

Now, it's a story he doesn't know how to end.

Alex has always believed in building a life with quiet strength. As a music teacher, he finds beauty in structure, in harmony, in the slow cadence of life. Elliot-brilliant, spontaneous, unforgettable-brought chaos and color into that world. Their love was gentle, deep, and enduring.

Until Elliot began to forget.

What started as small lapses-lost words, misplaced keys-soon became something far more terrifying. A diagnosis. A countdown. A slow, cruel fading. Elliot, once so alive, is disappearing day by day, memory by memory.

But love doesn't let go so easily.

As Alex fights to hold on-to Elliot, to their history, to himself-he's faced with impossible choices: when is it time to ask for help? What happens when the person you love no longer remembers you? And can love survive even as the light begins to fade?

Told in aching, lyrical prose, The Fading Light is a deeply emotional LGBTQ+ novel about the weight of memory, the cost of care, and the beauty of staying when it's easier to run. It's a story of first love, last love, and the kind of devotion that doesn't get written in fairy tales-but should.