We Built Our Own Sky. Beyond Binary Books, #40

We Built Our Own Sky is a heartfelt, emotionally grounded contemporary romance in the "Beyond Binary Books" series, where love stories grow out of conflict, community, and transformation. Athena Vale believes in structure, efficiency, and control. Carlos Reyes believes in people, resilience, and imperfect spaces that still manage to hold life together. When they are forced to collaborate on a rooftop community center slated for demolition, their opposing worlds collide-sharp arguments, reluctant teamwork, and an undeniable tension neither can ignore.
As storms damage the building and corporate interests push for destruction, Athena and Carlos find themselves pulled deeper into each other's realities. Athena begins to see that numbers cannot measure belonging. Carlos begins to see that care sometimes needs structure to survive. Together, they uncover corruption behind the demolition plans and rally the neighborhood in a race to preserve not just a building-but a home.
What begins as professional conflict transforms into emotional reckoning. Athena walks away from the corporate world she once trusted, and Carlos learns to let someone stay long enough to truly matter. With the community rising around them, they fight not only for the center-but for a future neither of them dared to imagine. Set against a rooftop that becomes a living symbol of healing, creativity, and chosen family, this story explores vulnerability, trust, identity, and the courage it takes to build something lasting together.
At its heart, We Built Our Own Sky is about leaving behind what breaks you-and learning how to build a life that holds you instead.