Ethan is an architect who builds perfect homes for others but can't find peace in his own. His beauty is slow-acting, like poison, and fatigue has seeped so deep into him it's become part of his face. He knows how to make only one dish perfectly, remembers all the subway stations in alphabetical order, and forgets to buy bread. Four months ago, he amputated himself from the only woman he ever loved, as an act of self-preservation. And now he waits for her doorbell like a sentence, knowing that killing love is impossible — you can only close the door.