Olive Smith is a brilliant biology PhD candidate who impulsively kisses the one person least likely to complicate her life: the brilliant, stern Dr. Adam Carlsen. To protect her research future and help a friend, she proposes a fake relationship — with rules, boundaries, and a clear expiration date. But as their carefully negotiated arrangement bleeds into something genuine, Olive faces her most daunting hypothesis yet: that love might actually be worth the risk. The film blends academic ambition, slow-burn tension, and genuine warmth, grounding its romantic premise in two people who are better at science than feelings.
