Lost in Starlight

Nan-young has wanted one thing for as long as she can remember: to leave Earth and fly to Mars. The dream is tangled up with grief, because her mother was an astronaut too, and the loss still sits in Nan-young’s chest like unfinished business. When a sentimental old record player connected to her mother breaks, Nan-young takes it to a small repair shop and meets Jay, a quiet mechanic who once chased music and then watched that dream collapse. They start seeing each other again and again, first for the turntable, then for the comfort of someone who understands failure without turning it into a lecture. As Nan-young gets closer to launch, their time on the ground becomes more intense and more fragile. Love shows up in tiny habits, shared songs, late night walks, and promises that sound easy until space makes them real.