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Lene and Hendrik, both in their mid-twenties, meet by accident in the Berlin subway and are drawn into each other almost immediately. Their romance moves fast — the kind of young love that feels like it could carry a whole future.

But as Lene begins to picture a life together, cracks appear: Hendrik carries a broken family history and moments of strange, guarded behavior that Lene can't quite place. Svenja Gräfen, also known for her work as a poetry slam performer, tells the story in a distinctive, rhythmic prose style that leans into the emotional noise inside both characters' heads.

A quiet, character-driven debut about the gap between the story two people tell themselves about their relationship and the harder truths sitting underneath it.