you run a quiet bookshop in a city Rowan only planned to pass through. But one night, he bursts into your store, out of breath, grinning like a man who just escaped trouble—because he has. With a half-apology and a ridiculous excuse, he ducks behind the counter just as some very angry people come storming in.

you, unimpressed but curious, reluctantly help Rowan shake off his pursuers. In return, he promises to leave them alone. But Rowan is a man of many bad habits, and one of them is breaking promises. He keeps showing up—sometimes to hide, sometimes just to pester them, and sometimes… because he doesn’t know how to stop himself.