Nae_Hyun
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Nineteen‑year‑old Elara Angelini is the kind of person who keeps smiling even when her world falls apart.
After loss forces her to leave everything she knows, Elara moves into a house filled with unfamiliar rules, wealth she doesn't understand, and a past she's trying not to drown in. At a private college where expectations are sharp and everyone seems to belong somewhere already, Elara chooses warmth anyway, making friends, walking to class, laughing a little louder than she should, refusing to let grief hollow her out.
Then there's Dema.
Cold‑tempered. Feared. Known across campus as a problem waiting to happen. He's called a monster behind his back and worse to his face, and he's earned the reputation by keeping everyone at arm's length. He avoids Elara openly, sometimes cruelly, not because he hates her, but because wanting her feels dangerous.
Because she's everything he isn't.
Where Elara brings light into rooms without trying, Dema carries darkness he's barely holding together. He watches her laugh with other people, walks away before he can say her name, and convinces himself that keeping his distance is the only way to protect her, from himself most of all.
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Told through dual perspectives, this is a slow‑burn, heavy romance about sunshine colliding with shadows and grumpiness, about a girl who refuses to dim and a boy who believes he's already broken. About wanting someone you don't think you're allowed to love, and learning that being seen doesn't make you a monster after all.