Drifted Apart.

Oxford, 1893.

She’s the chaos he never planned for.

He’s the silence she can’t quite break.



When sharp-tongued student Iris Evelyn collides with cold, brilliant lecturer Edward Ashcroft, sparks don’t fly—they simmer. In whispered arguments. Glances across bookshelves. Letters never sent.



Between debates and unspoken feelings, they orbit each other—too close to stay untouched, too distant to name what’s growing between them.



But in a place like Oxford, love isn't a possibility.

It's a liability.



And the closer they get, the more it threatens to destroy them both.





A slow-burn academic romance with razor-sharp banter, quiet heartbreak, and two people who were never supposed to feel this much.