Seven years after fleeing her small Texas hometown, Karina Yu is forced back by her job: convince the Kim family to sell the land that keeps Plaintop alive. Winter Kim, ranch foreman and Karina's first love, isn't about to let her waltz in and destroy everything. As old feelings clash with buried secrets, Karina and Winter must face the past, the truth, and each other before one final summer changes everything.

When Winter signed up for campus housing, she was just hoping for a bed, a desk, and maybe air conditioning that didn't sound like a dying raccoon. What she didn't expect was to walk into her new dorm and find Karina - the literal Tinder match she ghosted a month ago after one disastrously flirty week of texting. Now they're roommates. There's one bed left. And Karina looks way too good in a hoodie for Winter's sanity. Will Winter survive? Will Karina murder her in her sleep?

WINRINA FANFIC Karina lost her journal!! guess who found it? If you guessed Winter, you're correct! However, that's not the only thing Karina found from Winter.

Karina Yoo, a top actress, keeps running into Winter Kim-an eccentric, introverted oddball who seems oblivious to everything, including Karina's growing frustration (and fascination) with her. No matter where Karina goes, Winter is there-completely unbothered, while Karina is left questioning her sanity. But just as Karina finally admits she might actually like Winter, an impulsive public confession changes everything. #1 - winrina #1 - jiminjeong #1 - karina #1 - yujimin #3 - winrina WAH THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR LETTING ME EXPERIENCE THIS! (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)

At a dark but eerie boarding school tucked deep in the city, transfer student Winter just wants to get through the year quietly. But from the moment she arrives, something feels wrong - too quiet, too watched. The students act strange, secrets linger in the walls, and her only constant becomes Karina - the mysterious, beautiful girl who always seems to know more than she should. As Winter is pulled deeper into the school's dark past - with strange notes, forgotten names, and missing students - her bond with Karina intensifies, blurring the line between trust and obsession. But the closer they grow, the more dangerous everything becomes. Something is waking up. Something that's been asleep for years. And it wants Winter.

Karina never meant to fall for Winter - but some people feel like home, even in silence.