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Everyone knows you as the girl who makes every room brighter. You laugh too loudly, smile too easily, and somehow turn even the worst days into something worth remembering. When you meet a famous pop star during one impossibly perfect summer, falling for each other seems almost inevitable. For a while, you let yourself believe that maybe this could be the kind of summer people write songs about. But every evening, you have to go home. Behind the cheerful photographs and sunlit afternoons is a house that never quite feels like home—a place filled with tension, silence, and things you’ve learned not to talk about. You’ve become so good at hiding it that even the people closest to you rarely notice. Until they do. Conan begins to notice the little things: the way your smile disappears when your phone rings, how you never invite anyone over, how you linger outside your front door before going inside. And slowly, they realize that the girl they fell for isn’t always happy. As summer begins to fade, so does your ability to keep pretending. What starts as a bright, unexpected romance becomes something quieter and more important: two people learning that love isn’t about rescuing someone from their pain. Sometimes, it’s simply being willing to sit beside them in the rain—and reminding them that they don’t have to face it alone. Music brings everyone together.