Sam never expected kindness to feel more frightening than cruelty. At twenty-six, scarred by years of abuse, discrimination, and a lifetime of being underestimated because of his cerebral palsy, he keeps the world at arm’s length behind the counter of a dimly lit bar. Then Y/n enters his life — patient, stubbornly gentle, and unwilling to look away from the man everyone else misunderstands. What begins as quiet companionship slowly turns into something deeper, forcing Sam to confront the one thing he’s never believed he deserved: love.