Drafting Hearts

Lorelai Aster Jimenez-or just Lory-thought college life would be all about grades, coffee, and late-night study sessions. As a first-year nursing student, she's sworn to focus on her dreams, not on guys with charming smiles and artistic hands.

Enter Soren Atlas Manalo-the quiet brilliance of the BS Architecture department and the kind of man who doesn't demand attention, yet somehow owns every room he walks into. He's composed, disciplined, and intimidatingly thoughtful, with eyes that notice details others miss. Soren doesn't flirt; he observes. And when his gaze lingers on Lory, it feels deliberate-like she's part of a blueprint he's been drafting long before she noticed him.

Then there's Caden Finn Velasco, the campus heartthrob from Architecture who thrives in chaos. Finn is hoodies, rain-soaked encounters, and a sketchbook overflowing with half-finished dreams. He keeps crossing paths with Lory-in the library, the cafeteria, even in the middle of unexpected downpours (why is he always there?). His grin makes Lory's pulse skip like a faulty stethoscope, and his drawings capture her in ways she's never seen herself.

And finally, Jonah Elliot Perez, or Ely-Lory's sweet, reliable classmate and constant study partner. He knows her coffee order by heart, reminds her of deadlines, and steadies her when nursing school feels overwhelming. He memorized her routines, her fears, and maybe even her heartbeat-quietly loving her in the background, never asking for more than what she's willing to give.

Between anatomy exams, architectural blueprints, and confusing heartbeats, Lory finds herself torn:
between the man who plans in silence,
the boy who sketches her smile,
and the one who guards her heart without claiming it.

In a world where futures are carefully designed and hearts refuse to follow straight lines, Lory must choose-

Will she follow the rhythm of her heart...
or the life she so carefully built?