The Regular

In a small town on the coast of California where everyone knows your name-and your mistakes-Francesca has learned to keep her head down and her nights predictable behind the bar she works. It's not the life she planned, but it's one she can control... mostly.

Then there's Theo.

He's always there near closing time. Always with the same group. Always the one people look at without really knowing why. Reckless reputation, bruised knuckles, a motorbike that sounds like trouble before he even walks through the door.

Frankie doesn't like him. Not really. Not the version of him that shows up with his friends, taking up space like he owns the room. But she notices him anyway-especially when it's just him, quieter, different in a way she can't quite ignore.

What starts as routine becomes something harder to define: tension in every conversation, arguments that linger too long, and moments that feel a little too close to something neither of them is ready for.

In a town where everyone stays the same, Frankie and Theo keep colliding-over drinks, over words, over everything they shouldn't want.

And the more she tries to treat him like just another regular... the less convincing it becomes.