Pittsburgh, 2026. Dr. Marlowe “MJ” Monroe arrives at the Pitt with a toxicology fellowship, a combat deployment she doesn’t discuss, and a face that’s been working against her since she was twenty-two. She is not starting over. She has told herself this firmly enough that she almost believes it. What she doesn’t expect is Robby — too sharp, too stubborn, and entirely too good at noticing things he wasn’t supposed to.