render me softly

Rinnai Everhart doesn't do distractions - especially not in her final year at one of the country's most prestigious architecture schools. Known for her clean lines, sharper focus, and quiet elegance, Rinnai is set on graduating at the top, no matter how many nights she spends alone in studio.

But when Dr. Grayson Vale - reserved, precise, and entirely unreadable - becomes one of her lecturers, lines begin to blur. What starts as mutual respect turns into something more complicated: glances that linger too long, late-night encounters, and words left unsaid.

As academic pressure mounts and a past she's tried to forget begins to resurface, Rinnai finds herself caught between control and vulnerability, logic and feeling - and the one person she should never want.

It's about stolen glances across crowded rooms, the silence between heartbeats, and the quiet ache of falling for someone you were never supposed to.