Low Talk, Loud Heart

When Vanya moves to East Highland with her family-facing the weight of her father's illness and her mother's long shifts at the hospital-she isn't looking for love. She just wants to keep her head down and survive highschool. But everything changes the day she wanders into a small, quiet corner store... and meets Fezco.

Fez is no stranger to pain, silence, or violence. Running his late grandmother's shop with Ashtray, balancing street business and loyalty, Fez's life is all about survival-until Vanya starts showing up in ways he can't ignore.

What begins as slow curiosity blooms into tension-laced glances, late-night phone calls, and charged moments neither of them can escape. As Fez gets pulled deeper into Vanya's world-and she into his-they each discover sides of themselves they've never shown before.

But East Highland isn't kind to young lovers.

As secrets pile up, parties explode into chaos, and old enemies resurface-Vanya and Fez find themselves entangled in something raw, dangerous, and consuming. With the weight of Nate Jacobs violence shadowing them, and the streets whispering about Fezco's reputation. They must navigate passion, loyalty, and the sharp edge of love.