She's building standards. He's building a safe harbor. Together, they're building a love story that refuses to break.
Lena has curves, confidence, and a city on her shoulders. She's spent years making rules for a fairer world-standards that protect small shops, workers, and families. But when the lights go out and the doors are locked, there's only one standard she cares about: the man who promised her toast and bolts.
For Darian, love has never been about fireworks or spotlights. It's about small, stubborn vows. Toast for comfort-bread, butter, late-night laughter. Bolts for safety-doors that open the right way, locks that protect, and a home that welcomes without judgment. He doesn't want to be her rescuer; he wants to be her anchor.
But building a life together isn't easy.