Somewhere between sunlit afternoons and starlit silence, carried by the ocean breeze, summer arrives once again.

With university out, everyone has scattered to their own vacation spots, chasing fun and freedom. But not Kael. If it were up to him, he would stay in his dorm, away from the noise, away from the heat—away from you.

Yet here he is, once again dragged to the coastal retreat your mothers built together, forced to endure another summer under the same roof. like clockwork, every damn summer, you end up stuck under the same roof. Trapped in the same cycle of cold insults, lingering cold glaring stares, and tension neither of you want to name.