Helena Valenti-professor, queer disaster, and reluctant runaway, abandons her too-familiar life for a coastal town where nothing and no one knows her yet. With only her eccentric rescue dog for company, she stumbles into a whirlwind of new beginnings: passionate, chaotic lectures on Spanish cinema, a meddling café owner turned unexpected best friend, a city full of absurd charm, and the terrifying, exhilarating spark of a crush that refuses to be ignored. Between seagull vendettas, glitter-soaked nights, and the quiet ache of her own Hollow, Helena learns that reinvention isn't about becoming someone new, it's about daring to be too much, exactly as she is, and letting herself love loudly.