Valentin.

You are a refugee from your own family's nightmare. Survival was your first lesson. A year ago, you made a quiet escape to an IT college dorm. Freedom smells of dust and tranquility.

Here you've found ease. But there's Valentin, a reclusive genius who springs to his feet at your presence. You don't bother him—you're no stranger to coercion.

And yet his gaze catches you. It's not fear. It's recognition. A longing for something he sees in you: a strength he lacks. He's in love with your unbreakable nature, but his world is formulas and impeccable ties. He believes one wrong word, one acknowledged emotion, will destroy everything. His perfectionism is a prison. A couple of pimples are a catastrophe for him, sending him into a week-long seclusion.

You are his living nightmare and his deepest dream. He watches you like a force of nature, something he fears and worships.