When Mara retreats to a coastal town to recover from a broken relationship and burnout, she expects solitude, not connection. Renting a weathered seaside cottage for the summer, she agrees to one condition set by her guarded landlord, Elise: no attachments.

But summer has a way of loosening rules.

As long days give way to shared meals, unguarded conversations, and the slow rebuilding of trust, Mara begins to feel something she hasn't in years—present. Elise, shaped by a past heartbreak that taught her love leaves, resists what's growing between them even as she longs for it.