Sophie Grates has never had it easy. She's learned to survive by keeping the world at a safe distance, watching life happen from the outside with her nose stuck in a book. It's not perfect, but it's safe. Safe is something she can control.
Then Nico Mayson walks in and ruins everything.
He sees straight through every wall she's built, pushes her, challenges her, and slowly shows her that standing on the ledge isn't something to be afraid of it's the only place where you can actually see the view.
Nico has spent his whole life being judged by what people see on the surface. He knows what it is to be misunderstood, to be written off before anyone bothers to look closer. So when Sophie looks at him really looks at him and sees the man underneath, it doesn't just draw him in.
It wrecks him.
He knows exactly who he is and what he's capable of. And he's going to use every bit of it to stand beside Sophie while she faces her demons, because the life waiting on the other side of her fear is one worth fighting for.