aarti_writs
Aarti is a quiet, emotionally overwhelmed girl who has spent most of her life feeling like she was never enough. Growing up in a household filled with pressure, criticism, and emotional distance, she slowly became someone who hides her pain behind silence. She overthinks everything, struggles with anxiety, and often feels more comfort inside fictional stories than in reality itself.
Despite everything, Aarti is soft-hearted. She dreams deeply, loves quietly, and secretly wishes for a peaceful life away from constant expectations. More than success or money, she craves emotional safety - a small bakery of her own, peaceful mornings, warm coffee, and someone who would love her gently without making her feel like a burden.
And then there is Agastya Raichand.
At twenty-eight, Agastya is the CEO of Raichand Patisserie & Co., one of the country's most successful luxury bakery and café brands. Tall, charming, and effortlessly warm, he is the type of man who lights up every room he walks into. With black hair, brown eyes, and a smile capable of calming storms, Agastya appears to have a perfect life from the outside.
But behind his cheerful personality hides a man who understands pain more than he lets people see.
Unlike Aarti, Agastya learned how to carry his pain without letting it destroy him. He laughs loudly, comforts people naturally, and becomes warmth for everyone around him even when he himself is struggling.
Where Aarti is quiet, Agastya is expressive.
Where she hides, he reaches out.
Where she sees herself as difficult to love, Agastya sees softness worth protecting.
Aarti grew up reading stories about men like Agastya, never believing someone like that could exist in real life.
Until life slowly brings her face to face with him.
This story is about two emotionally wounded people finding comfort in each other while learning that love does not always have to hurt.
Sometimes, love can feel like home too.?