Jesse Valentine has mastered the art of living safely. As assistant manager of Detroit's coziest bookstore, he helps others find their voice through stories while keeping his own truth buried in a manuscript about two boys, a swimming pool, and the kind of love that leaves scars. His relationship with successful banker Ezekiel Hendricks is perfect, polished, and everything he thinks he deserves after his first love ended in a broken jaw and shattered dreams. But beneath his carefully constructed facade, Jesse still tastes chlorine and starlight when he dreams.
When Ezekiel's picture-perfect proposal goes viral, Jesse becomes an overnight symbol of modern gay romance. But four words shatter his carefully crafted world: "Hey there, Pretty Boy." Anson Donovan is back - no longer the terrified teenager who chose reputation over love, but a man who's finally faced his truth. Now sober and co-parenting his artistic nine-year-old son with his supportive ex-wife, Anson has spent ten years carrying Jesse's poems in his pocket. He's finally brave enough to love without hiding, and he wants a second chance with the boy who used to write him poetry about drowning in starlight.
As Jesse's viral engagement spirals into a media sensation, he's forced to choose: continue performing perfect love for an audience of millions, or risk everything for the messy, passionate, all-consuming truth he's never stopped writing about. But when that choice leads to an explosive revelation on live television, Jesse must decide if he's finally brave enough to burn his perfect life to the ground and write his own ending.
Nikita Joshi:
A 20 year old 3rd year CS student studying at University of Bournbrooke, India. She's transferred here due to her merits and does not wish to get distracted by anything.
Mayukh Roy:
A 21 year old 3rd year CS student. Topper, extremely smart and a heartthrob in the university. The grandson of the founder of the University, he's got the power and money. Love, when it hits, hits him hard, but he doesn't believe it's something for him.
But then, his eyes meet hers.
When he sees her, his eyes are fixed on her, and he always gets what he wants.
But her, her determination is loud. When she decides, it's done. What will happen when two determined people collide?
Can Mayukh make her his? Or does Nikita's determination to stay away from guys win?
Rich Boy x Middle Class Girl
Topper x Topper
Popular Boy x Quiet Girl
Possessive ML
Touch her and die
College Romance
Cute and Cliché
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