Y/n has never dated. Never kissed. Never even thought a blind date could be anything but awkward… until her mischievous friend sends her to meet Julian—an older, impossibly attractive man with a quiet intensity that makes her heart race. What starts as a casual dinner turns into a slow burn of first-love panic, stolen glances, and emotional stakes higher than either of them expected. Will they survive their own hearts… or will fear keep them apart before the first kiss even lands?