Syntax & Starlight

**He's all locked doors and sharp edges.
She's the kind of sunshine that leaves shadows behind.**

Rafay Demir doesn't believe in distractions. As a government cybersecurity architect, he lives in a world of logic, silence, and strict control-until he's assigned to a collaborative tech project that involves sharing office space with the one person who doesn't seem to understand the word boundaries.

Aylin Erden is brilliant with color, movement, and people. As a UI/UX designer, she builds the front end of experiences-warm, intuitive, human. The opposite of Rafay. Which makes it all the more annoying that her designs now have to pass through him.

When a high-stakes launch ties them together for months, the friction becomes impossible to ignore. So do the stolen glances. The arguments that sound a little too personal. The silence that stretches just a little too long.

They're not a love story. Not yet.
But some stories are written in tension before they ever reach tenderness.

A slow-burn romance about walls built, walls broken, and the quiet power of being seen.
For fans of emotional banter, stolen looks, and the kind of love that doesn't ask permission.