They were inseparable as boys—until one night changed everything. Now, years later, only one of them has come home. Micah Sullivan never stopped thinking about Jesse Callahan—the golden boy next door who once kissed him beneath a blanket of stars and then vanished from his life. Jesse joined the army right after graduation, leaving Micah with nothing but memories and a heart full of questions. When Jesse is declared missing in action, Micah is forced to grieve a love that never had the chance to become real. But two years later, Jesse returns—alive, broken, and barely recognizable. Haunted by what he's seen and done, Jesse seeks out the only person who ever truly knew him. As the two men navigate the ghosts of their past and the wreckage of war, they begin to uncover what was buried long ago: the truth of who they are, and who they've always been to each other. But healing isn't easy. And love—especially the kind they never dared to name—might not be enough to bring Jesse all the way home. An emotional and powerful story of love, trauma, and second chances, Things We Buried is a gripping tale of two souls lost in time, learning that sometimes, the heart remembers what the mind tries to forget.